How is a baby perceiving our speech? It's obvious that they don't grasp words, but how does a little brain react to our chatter🤔 It's the same way! The video shows 3D MRI scans of a baby's head (left) and an adult's head (right), showing activity in the language areas of the brain (blue) as they listen to speech. And as you can see, the brain areas "light up" in an almost identical way. This means that the child's language areas are also activated by speech, but to a lesser extent.