Prenatal linguistic exposure shapes language brain responses at birth

Abstract Newborns have an immature brain network responsible for speech processing that resembles the adult language network. However, it remains unclear how prenatal experience modulates this network. To test this, we exposed 39 fetuses to a story in their native language and in a foreign language...

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Main Authors: Andréanne René, Laura Caron-Desrochers, Julie Tremblay, Phetsamone Vannasing, Kassandra Roger, Solène Fourdain, Laurence Petitpas, Catherine Taillefer, Isabelle Boucoiran, Judit Gervain, Natacha Paquette, Anne Gallagher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08594-8
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