6-month-old babies can understand what you say

Scientists claim that 6-month-old children can understand a great deal from others. Talking regularly with children of this age can help increase their language ability as they grow up.

According to traditional scientific conception, children can only understand the meaning of words at the age of 1, but the study of two psychologists Elika Bergelson and Daniel Swingley of the University of Pennsylvania (USA), testify. prove that children can understand words a few months before they can speak.

In a study of 33 children aged 6 months to 9 months, scientists showed children photos of names and pictures that were not read by name. The results showed that children look at pictures that are read names longer than those that don't read names. This shows that children can understand words related to a corresponding object in the image.

Children can identify a large number of vocabulary from the age of 6 months

'Previous studies have shown that children can understand words like mother and father very early. Our studies show that children even understand the words related to their respective subjects. Therefore, this study is an important message for parents. You can tell your children from a young age and they can understand a bit of what you say, 'said Dr. Daniel Swingley.

However, the scientists noted, the child's ability to recognize words will not show up immediately from 6 months to 9 months of age. This is most noticeable when the child is 14 months old - the time when the child begins to practice speaking.

'Advances in a child's ability to recognize words at 14 months of age may be due to language development factors, such as better ability to distinguish sounds or children understand the syntax better,' Dr. Swingley admitted. determined.