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October 16, 2015

Babies need free tongue movement to decipher speech sounds

Inhibiting infants’ tongue movements impedes their ability to distinguish between speech sounds, researchers with the University of British Columbia have found.

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Infants need to be able to move tongues to distinguish speech sounds

Watch an interview with Janet Werker, UBC professor of psychology and director of the Infant Studies Centre.
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