Children Understand Familiar Voices Better Than Those of Strangers
Monday, October 6, 2014 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Familiar voices can improve spoken language processing among school-age children, according to a study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. However, the advantage of hearing a familiar voice only helps children to process and understand words they already know well, not new words that aren't in their vocabularies.