Finnish vowels are easy to distinguish
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Finnishvowelsareeasytodistinguish
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[单选,材料题]Finnishvowelsareeasytodistinguish.回答下面的题目:
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Studentsshouldbejealous.Notonlydobabiesgettodozetheirdaysaway,butthey’vealsomasteredthefineartoflearningintheirsleep.
Bythetimebabiesareayearoldtheycanrecognisealotofsoundsandevensimplewords.MarieCheourattheUniversityofTurkuinFinlandsuspectedthattheymightprogressthisfastbecausetheylearnlanguagewhiletheysleepaswellaswhentheyareawake.
Totestthetheory,Cheourandhercolleaguesstudied45newbornbabiesinthefirstfewdaysoftheirlives.TheyexposedalltheinfantstoanhourofFinnishvowelsounds—onethatsoundslike“oo”,anotherlike“ee”andathirdboundaryvowelpeculiartoFinnishandsimilarlanguagesthatsoundslikesomethinginbetween.EEGrecordingsoftheinfantsbrainsbeforeandafterthesessionshowedthatthenewbornscouldnotdistinguishthesounds.
Fifteenofthebabiesthenwentbackwiththeirmothers,whiletherestweresplitintotwosleep-studygroups.Onegroupwasexposedthroughouttheirnight-timesleepinghourstothesamethreevowels,whiletheotherslistenedtoother,easier-to-distinguishvowelsounds.
Whentestedinthemorning,andagainintheevening,thebabieswho’dheardthetrickyboundaryvowelallnightshowedbrainwaveactivityindicatingthattheycouldnowrecognisethisnewsound.Theycouldidentifythesoundevenwhenitspitchwaschanged,whilenoneoftheotherbabiescouldpickuptheboundaryvowelatall.
Cheourdoesn’tknowhowbabiesaccomplishthisnight-timelearning,butshesuspectsthatthespecialabilitymightindicatethatunlikeadults,babiesdon’t“turnoff”theircerebralcortexwhiletheysleep.Theskillprobablyfadesinthecourseofthefirstyearoflife,sheadds—soforgettheideathatyoucanpickuptrickyFrenchvowelsasanadultjustbyslippingalanguagetapeunderyourpillow.Butwhileitmaynothelpgrown-ups,Cheourishopingtousethesleepinghourstogiveremedialhelptobabieswhoaregeneticallyatriskoflanguagedisorders.
Babiescanlearnlanguageevenintheirsleep.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Notmentioned
参考答案:C
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