Infants learn earlier than thought

[Nancy Hornberger]

Francis and all -- this turned out to be one of the scarier articles 
I've read in recent times!  all sorts of unfounded assertions and leaps 
from brain scans (that don't seem to tell us anything we didn't already 
know) to recommendations to parents to read to their child (even in 
utero), with unsubstantiated stereotypes about welfare, affluence, and 
vocabulary development casually thrown into the mix.  Truly alarming to 
think that this sort of stuff gets wide attention through the media.  Yikes!
Nhh

Francis Hult wrote on 5 Feb 2009:
> The Seattle Times
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> Infants learn earlier than thought
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> Until recently, humans could safely view their brains as fatty, spongy masses of electrifying wonder. Brains are, in a sense, a secret place no one else can tap into unless we let them; they are our memory banks and central control centers that dictate how we behave and reason and interact with others.
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> But in the past decade, neuroscientists across the world have started to peer into the young brain to determine exactly how we learn. Examining their findings, researchers say that learning starts at birth, and perhaps even earlier.
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> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2008700779_brains03.html
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