PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Synaptic Pruning, Language Processing In The Brain, 18 Months
12 Jun 2013
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Laughing and cooing repetitive vowel sounds (e. g. , aaaaa) Babbling repetitive vowel consonant combinations. Delightful and easy for adults to imitate. Gradually develops intonation of adult language: rising intonation requests a response. Babbling shifts toward the set of sounds listened to with non- heard sound dropping out. Simple gestures such as pointing (same age as hearing children) 1 month old can differentiate between pa and ba . Up to 6 months, babies can discriminate all sound contrasts that appear in any language, including languages that they do not hear spoken to them: disappears by 12 months, follows a consistent pattern of synaptic growth. The ability to understand the meaning of individual words. 8 months: babies begin to store words in memory. Use of a word for only one specific object or a single context. Suggests that children initially think of words as belonging only to one thing rather than categories.
