How Babies Learn, When, and Even In What Position
November 19, 2013
Newly-born babies rest inside a ward at a hospital in northern India.
From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News.
I’m Christopher Cruise.
And I’m June Simms.
Today, we explore how intelligence develops in babies. We look at when and how babies learn, and the importance of early contact with languages...
Do Babies Begin Learning Even Before Birth?
Not long ago, many people believed that babies only wanted food and to be kept warm and dry. Some people thought babies were not able to learn things until they were five or six months old. But doctors in the United States now say babies begin learning on their first day of life, and even before birth.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is a federal government agency. The Institute says babies are strongly influenced by their environment. It says a baby will smile if his or her mother does something the baby likes.
Pope John Paul II and an unidentified baby smile at each other in 2001 (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)
A baby learns to get the best care possible by smiling to please her mother or other caregiver. This is how babies learn to connect and communicate with other people.
The researchers say this ability to learn exists in a baby even before birth. They say newborn babies can recognize and understand sounds they heard while they were still developing inside their mothers.
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