{"id":637,"date":"2009-11-08T05:26:44","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2009-11-08T05:26:44","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T05:26:44","slug":"mother-tongue-indeed-newborn%e2%80%99s-cries-mimic-mama%e2%80%99s-accent-80beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/mother-tongue-indeed-newborn%e2%80%99s-cries-mimic-mama%e2%80%99s-accent-80beats.php","title":{"rendered":"Mother Tongue, Indeed: Newborn\u2019s Cries Mimic Mama\u2019s Accent | 80beats"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"baby-crying\"Babies pick up their parents’ accents<\/a> while still in the womb, according to a new study. After studying the crying patterns of 30 French and 30 German newborns<\/a>, researchers concluded that the French newborns cried with a rising “accent” while the German babies’ cries had a falling inflection [BBC News<\/a>]. <\/span><\/span>The researchers believe that by mimicking their mothers’ inflections, the babies are attempting to form an early bond with their mothers.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>

Scientists already knew that a baby in the womb can memorize<\/a> sounds from the outside world, and is particularly sensitive to the <\/span><\/span>melodies <\/span><\/span>of her mother’s language. But the<\/span><\/span><\/span> new<\/span> research showed an “extremely early” impact of native language and confirmed that babies’ cries are their first proper attempts to communicate specifically with their mothers [Reuters<\/a>]. <\/span>The data support the idea that crying seeds language development for infants, according to the scientists, who published <\/span>their research<\/a> in the journal Current Biology<\/em>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>

To hear the different between German and French crying babies for yourself, click here<\/a> to listen.
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