Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Babies can follow dogspeak - literally


Washington, July 21

Babies can follow dogspeak, with little or no exposure to dogs, says a new study.

Infants just six months old can match the sounds of an angry snarl and a friendly yap to

photos of dogs displaying threatening and welcoming body language.

The new findings come on the heels of a study from the same Brigham Young University lab

(BYU) showing that infants can detect mood swings in Beethoven's music.

Though the mix of dogs and babies sounds silly, experiments of this kind help us

understand how babies learn so rapidly.


Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090721/890/twl-babies-can-follow-dogspeak-literally.html

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