Premature babies have better language skills, study
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 06-01-2017
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They compared preterm and full-term infants to identify the developmental timing of their link between language and object categorization. The new study was designed to capitalise on this tightly timed "familiarity-to-novelty" shift in full-term infants. The results showed a robust early link between language and cognition in preterm infants, revealing that this vulnerable population begins life with a strong foundation for linking language and meaning.