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Princeton University: 'Blowfish Effect' - Children Learn New Words Like Adults Do, Say Princeton Researchers
July 26, 2019
PRINCETON, New Jersey, July 26 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Princeton University issued the following news release:

Even young children know what typical dogs and fish look like -- and they apply that knowledge when they hear new words, reports a team from the Princeton Baby Lab, where researchers study how babies learn to see, talk and understand the world.

In a series of experiments with children 3 to 5 years old, the researchers found that when children are learning new n . . .

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