Reading to Your Baby Before They Understand Words Changes Their Brain. Here Is What Happens.
A three-week-old baby does not understand words. Reading to them anyway changes their brain. Newborns already recognise their mother’s voice and show a preference for languages heard in the womb. The brain forms one million synaptic connections per second in the first three years. fMRI scans show measurable differences in brain structure between children who are read to regularly and those who are not.
