Neural speech tracking in newborns: prenatal learning and contributing factors
Cristina Florea, Michaela Reimann, Fabian Schmidt, Jasmin Preiß, Eva Reisenberger, Monika Angerer, Mohamed S. Ameen, Dominik Philip Johannes Heib, Dietmar Roehm, Manuel Schabus
The paper investigates prenatal language learning in newborns using EEG, finding evidence of discrimination between familiar and unfamiliar rhymes, prosodic learning, and correlations between maternal depression, fetal stress, and later language development.
bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2024 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology