Sleep makes it possible for babies to associate words with content, and not with noise
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 - 14:52
in Psychology & Sociology
For babies every moment is a new experience -- until the infant brain organizes the flood of stimulations. It has to save new information in its long-term memory, aggregate similar experiences and categorize them. Therefore, one thing seems to be crucial: sufficient sleep. Researchers have now discovered that babies can even associate them with meanings the first time -- much earlier than supposed.