Before babies can hear, their brains are already wiring for sound

Before babies can hear, their brains are already wiring for sound. Long before a baby's ears are functional, the brain is already building the circuitry needed for hearing, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University.

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Trechos de apoio da pauta: Long before a baby's ears are functional, the brain is already building the circuitry needed for hearing, according to new research from Johns Hopkins University. Published in the journal Science Advances, the study in mice identifies a previously unknown neural "shortcut" that organizes the auditory system before birth, offering new insight into how the auditory system prepares to process sound and eventually learn language.

• Ponto de atenção: before.
• Ponto de atenção: babies.
• Ponto de atenção: hear.

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