Neural Speech Tracking Across the First 62 Days of Life: Effects of Language Background and Cognitive Maturation

Newborns recognise familiar language patterns experienced in utero and discriminate them from unfamiliar ones.

Newborns recognise familiar language patterns experienced in utero and discriminate them from unfamiliar ones. It is as yet unclear which neural mechanisms are responsible for such early language-specific behavior. Here we focus on neural speech tracking and test whether it…