11/25 Summary: "Babies Learn What Words Mean before They Can Use Them"
From Scientific American
(Summary)
According to a study, babies seem to learn words and the meanings well before they start talking. Researchers studied 6-month-old babies and suggests judging from eye tracking that infants can tell a word apart from the unrelated word. They think this study will pave the way for finding out how to enhance vocabulary development, and that paying a careful attention to what babies look at and care about might be of help. This work also suggests to parents that their babies’ learning start on the first the of life, not the first day of school. (95 words)
