Babies Pick Up On Language Before They're Even Born - Polidicks

[quote]Research suggests we pick up on the nuts and bolts of speech six months after birth. But a new study suggests newborns have already learned parts of a language, can distinguish between their native tongue and a foreign one, and even--in a really weird way--demonstrate that they know the difference, much earlier than we thought. Researchers took a look at some especially young infants: 40 boys and girls between seven and 75 hours old were studied in both Tacoma, Wash. and Stockholm, Sweden. The team set up a pretty bizarre and ingenious metric for determining how well the babies recognized the speech: they measured how long the kids sucked on a pacifier wired to a computer. First the researchers split both the Swedish and American babies into two groups. Within each of those groups, they rigged a pacifier to detect when each of the babies sucked, then started to pipe in vowels. Half of the babies in each group got vowels in their native language, while the other half got the foreign one. The babies consistently sucked faster on the pacifier when a foreign language was being played, which, the researchers say, is evidence they're ready for something new by the time they're a few hours old. Vowel noises are the loudest bits of speech and therefore, the researchers say, the most likely to be noticed in utero, probably from when the mother is speaking. Other studies have done similar research, looking to see if newborns can recognize music or certain phrases, but recognizing vowels is even more fundamental: they can't be picked up by learning just the rhythm or tone the way other sounds can be. During the last 10 weeks of pregnancy, the researchers say, the baby is already starting to pick up on those noises. So mind your language around the pregnant.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/babies-pick-language-theyre-even-born[/url]

My baby sister learned the meaning of the word "no" less than three months after her birth It resulted often in crying

[QUOTE=Limed00d;39076254]My baby sister learned the meaning of the word "no" less than three months after her birth It resulted often in crying[/QUOTE] I was told I had a similar happening when I was younger. Except the word was "mine" :v:

I know this might sound absolutely bat shit insane, but when I was a toddler, I remember being able to think clearly. I remember I was in the little living room swing and my brother was pushing me really hard in it, and I was thinking in my head "Stop it you douchebag" or something along those lines. It was really weird and I only have a couple vivid memories of these things, but I remember being able to think logically in the English language. But not be able to say any of it.

this has been known for a while, babies also pick up accents.

[QUOTE=peterson;39076320]I know this might sound absolutely bat shit insane, but when I was a toddler, I remember being able to think clearly. I remember I was in the little living room swing and my brother was pushing me really hard in it, and I was thinking in my head "Stop it you douchebag" or something along those lines. It was really weird and I only have a couple vivid memories of these things, but I remember being able to think logically in the English language. But not be able to say any of it.[/QUOTE] I have similar memories. I remember I got some kind of juice/soda in a sippy cup, and my monologue said the equivalent of "This shit is bangin' man." but I wasn't really amazing at talking at the time.

[QUOTE=peterson;39076320]I know this might sound absolutely bat shit insane, but when I was a toddler, I remember being able to think clearly. I remember I was in the little living room swing and my brother was pushing me really hard in it, and I was thinking in my head "Stop it you douchebag" or something along those lines. It was really weird and I only have a couple vivid memories of these things, but I remember being able to think logically in the English language. But not be able to say any of it.[/QUOTE] Did you cast in Rugrats

The first time I spoke I spoke an entire sentence I think it's because I have a tendency to wait until I really know how to do something before attempting it in front of people

First time I talked, I was in a repair shop and of all the petroleum engines, I was able to identify the 'deezal enjin'

My first word was "velcro". I don't know why.

Couldn't help but laugh at that last sentence. [quote]So mind your language around the pregnant.[/quote]

My first word was momma, my sister's first word was "Sack", trying to say my name, Zachary.

I said "Lampa" which means light to everyone and also trains were "di" and I were "dije" :v: Funny thing is dije means I in spanish :v:

I'm pretty sure I was able to breathe underwater when I was really young. I remember going to the pool and very slowly inhaling water and being able to breathe it. Maybe I was dreaming.

My first word was either 'Dada' or 'Domino's Pizza', according to which of my parents you ask. I have no idea how on earth I would have been able to say 'Domino's Pizza', though, considering I couldn't even pronounce my own name for a while after I started learning to speak.

[QUOTE=SCopE5000;39077846]I'm pretty sure I was able to breathe underwater when I was really young. I remember going to the pool and very slowly inhaling water and being able to breathe it. Maybe I was dreaming.[/QUOTE] I was able to do that too. It almost ended badly for me.

My first word was "auto" ("car" in finnish) because I was already boring as a baby.

I swear I learned about this in high school psychology

I only remember coming close to drowning when i was young, Have dreams about it all the time. If my Great Grandpa wasnt there to call out, I probably would be dead. But i remember for some reason, I kept calling everyone beautiful instead of their name. Quite Queer if i think about it now.

My parents forgot my first words.

This makes me think how fucking stupid it is to force kids in Finland to learn swedish, in the 7th grade when they're 13. No point in forcing anyone to learn a new language like that at such a late age.

wow thats pretty amazing :D

did u no they eat their hair in da placenta? :)!!!!!!

[QUOTE=Spin Doctors;39078669]did u no they eat their hair in da placenta? :)!!!!!![/QUOTE] What.

Interesting. I can see this having an influence on [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuralism]structuralism[/url].

I actually was never told of my first words or when i started speaking, but it wasn't that long I couldn't speak properly though, had to go under lots of therapy and surgery to fix it, eventually I was able to speak better but it still has it's effects, I tended to talk really fast but now I learnt that speaking slow is the way to go

[QUOTE=Vasili;39076507]this has been known for a while, babies also pick up accents.[/QUOTE] My mother had a South African accent, so I sound mildly South African as well as an Southern Eastern Brit.

[QUOTE=digigamer17;39078883]My mother had a South African accent, so I sound mildly South African as well as an Southern Eastern Brit.[/QUOTE] Met a south african once. He talked about how much he hated "niggers" and that he wanted nelson mandela dead. Big shocker he comes to Mississippi. Accent kinda sounded like a mix between kiwi and dutch, but I'm probably describing it wrong.

[QUOTE=Irkalla;39078951]Met a south african once. He talked about how much he hated "niggers" and that he wanted nelson mandela dead. Big shocker he comes to Mississippi. Accent kinda sounded like a mix between kiwi and dutch, but I'm probably describing it wrong.[/QUOTE] But my college friends presumed I was from elsewhere in Europe. The accent sounds like a hybrid of Irish, Dutch and London English. I find it weird, I'm able to imitate one of the accents they have in the Zulu kingdoms.

[QUOTE=peterson;39076320]I know this might sound absolutely bat shit insane, but when I was a toddler, I remember being able to think clearly. I remember I was in the little living room swing and my brother was pushing me really hard in it, and I was thinking in my head "Stop it you douchebag" or something along those lines. It was really weird and I only have a couple vivid memories of these things, but I remember being able to think logically in the English language. But not be able to say any of it.[/QUOTE] sorry to burst ur bubble but this didnt happen, it's no doubt a product of faulty human memory and how the brain can change things dramatically. as an example this is the same reason why getting eye witness testimony from multiple people years after something happened is incredibly unreliable