Typically human: Babies recognize nested structures similar to our grammar

(Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) At a mere five months of age, babies seemingly have the ability to recognize very complex grammatical structures. That is what a research team headed by Professor Angela Friederici from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) and Professor Jutta Mueller from the University of Osnabrück have now shown in a new study published in Science Advances.

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