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The sooner you expose a baby to a second language, the smarter they’ll be
A new study shows that babies raised in bilingual environments develop core cognitive skills like decision-making and problem-solving — before they even speak.The study, out of the University of Washington, tested 16 babies. Half came from English-speaking households and half came from English- and Spanish-speaking households. The babies listen to a variety of speech sounds, from preverbal to English- and Spanish-specific sounds. Researchers monitored the babies’ responses to the sounds using magnetoencephalography (MEG), which helped them clearly identify which parts of the brain were...…A new study shows that babies raised in bilingual environments develop core cognitive skills like decision-making and problem-solving — before they even speak.The study, out of the University of Washington, tested 16 babies. Half came from English-speaking households and half came from English- and Spanish-speaking households. The babies listen to a variety of speech sounds, from preverbal to English- and Spanish-specific sounds. Researchers monitored the babies’ responses to the sounds using magnetoencephalography (MEG), which helped them clearly identify which parts of the brain were...WW…
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