DeCasper and colleagues' studies showed that infants:

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DeCasper and colleagues' studies showed that infants can learn the sounds of a particular voice and prosody. In their studies, newborns were exposed to a recording of their mother reading a rhyme twice a day for three weeks before they were born. After birth, the infants were able to recognize the familiar voice and showed a preference for the sound of their mother's voice over a stranger's voice. Additionally, they showed an ability to discriminate between the familiar nursery rhyme and a new one read by a stranger. This demonstrates that infants can learn both the sounds of a particular voice and the prosody of language.

DeCasper and Colleagues' Studies Showed That Infants