Kuhl Found That Baby's Brains Are Most Open to Learning

question 163

Multiple Choice

Kuhl found that baby's brains are most open to learning the consonants in their native language at_____ and vowels in their native language at _____.

• A) six months; nine months
• B) nine months; six months
• C) three months; five months
• D) five months; three months

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Definitions:

Sound-Localizing Ability

The capacity of an organism to determine the origin or source of a sound, which is important for navigation and predator avoidance.

Neonates

Newborn babies, especially those less than a month old.

Speech Sounds

The auditory symbols used in language communication, produced by the movement of the speech apparatus.

Axons

Long, threadlike parts of nerve cells along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.