Watching the world in motion, babies take a first step toward language
Thursday, September 15, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Watching children on the playground, we see them run, climb, slide, get up, and do it all again. While their movements are continuous, we language-users can easily divide them up and name each one. But what about people -- babies -- who don't yet have words? How do they make sense of a world in motion?