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Infants can distinguish between human and non-human speech

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"Our results show that infant speech perception is resilient and flexible," Athena Vouloumanos, an assistant professor at New York University, Department of Psychology and the study's lead author said.

"This means that our recognition of speech is more refined at an earlier age than we'd thought," she added.

The study appeared in the journal Developmental Psychology.

It is well-known that adults' speech perception is fine-tuned

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First Published: Jul 18 2012 | 5:06 PM IST

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