Infants as young as five months old can detect sources of speech

[Francis Hult]

Washington Square News

 

Babies know best

 

Infants as young as five months old can detect sources of speech, according to an NYU professor. 

 

Assistant Psychology professor Athena Vouloumanos and a team of researchers published a new study, which found that infants can correctly attribute human speech to humans and monkey calls to monkeys. 

 

"The big question here is how infants learn language," Vouloumanos said. "They have a preference for speech at a really young age." 

 

Full story:

http://nyunews.com/news/2009/oct/29/babies/

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