Two-day-olds prefer their native language
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Two-days old babies show a clear preference for their native language, or intonation patterns characteristic of this language.
“If two-days old babies learn to choose among audio tracks, they show a clear preference for their native language, or intonation patterns characteristic of this language (Moon et al., 1993).”
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- Authors
- Moon, C., Cooper, R. P., & Fifer, W. P.
- Affiliations
- Pacific Lutheran University (US)
- Virginia Tech (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moon, Christine
- ORCID
- Fifer, William P.
- Venue
- Infant Behavior and Development
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1993-10
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 495-500
- ISSN
- 0163-6383 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2041708570
- Cited by
- 773
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 35 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 61 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 59 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 29 · 2013: 39 · 2012: 24
- FWCI
- 7.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Infant Behavior and Development (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Keywords
- mother tongue, foreign languages, neonates, infant sucking, language discrimination, Spanish language, English language
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