A new study from researchers at Northwestern University helps to better understand the powerful impact words have on infants.
While babies were watching the researchers intently, an experimenter used her forehead to turn on a light. She then allowed the infants to play with the light themselves to see if they would imitate this novel action. In a second group, the experimenter announced what she was doing, naming the activity with a nonsense word (“I’m going to blick the light”), before using her forehead to turn on the light.
Interesting study proving the importance of pairing language with action when communicating with infants.
