Prenatal experience with language shapes the brain.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adj3524 and PMC identifier 10664997.
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Abstract
Human infants acquire language with notable ease compared to adults, but the neural basis of their remarkable brain plasticity for language remains little understood. Applying a scaling analysis of neural oscillations to address this question, we show that newborns' electrophysiological activity exhibits increased long-range temporal correlations after stimulation with speech, particularly in the prenatally heard language, indicating the early emergence of brain specialization for the native language.
Medical subject headings
- Speech Perception