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Hearing a mother’s voice helps premature babies’ brains grow faster and develop stronger language connections.

Preemies who listened to voice recordings from their moms had more maturation in key language regions of the brain Fetuses ...

(CN) — Hormones in the womb may hold hidden clues to why humans evolved with bigger brains and better social skills than our ancient ancestors. Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford ...

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For years, scientists suspected that fetuses could hear the muffled murmur of the outside world and that these early sounds ...

Every story, song, or word helps their brain connect language and emotion in ways that last well beyond infancy.

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Summary: Hearing their mother’s voice may help premature babies develop stronger language pathways in the brain. In a groundbreaking study, preemies who regularly listened to recordings of their ...

Ketogenic diet in young rats reverses the lifelong mental effects of prenatal stress by enhancing brain resilience.