Statistical language learning in neonates revealed by event-related brain potentials

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Statistical learning is a candidate for one of the basic prerequisites underlying the expeditious acquisition of spoken language. Infants from 8 months of age exhibit this form of learning to segment fluent speech into distinct words...

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Main Authors: Näätänen Risto, Fellman Vineta, Teinonen Tuomas, Alku Paavo, Huotilainen Minna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-03-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/10/21