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Follow the rules, baby

By 7 months of age, babies show the ability to recognize abstract rules for arranging speech sounds.

References:

Marcus, G.F., et al. 1999. Rule learning by seven-month-old infants. Science 283(Jan. 1):77.

Further Readings:

Bower, B. 1997. Everybody's talkin'. Science News 151(May 3):276.

Sources:

Gary F. Marcus
New York University
Department of Psychology
6 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 3, January 16, 1999, p. 42. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.


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