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​Study Shows Babies Can Accurately Mimic Tunes of Songs

Research has shown that babies learn to speak by mimicking the words they hear from the people around them. Reading to children aloud from an early age can activate brain areas linked to visual imagery, and understanding the meaning of language. According to a recent study, there’s something else that babies are able to mimic, with an impressive amount of accuracy. A research team at Ohio State University found that babies sometimes imitate singing. After 15-month-old James heard the...