By one year of age, after only speaking Japanese since she was born, Maria doesn't recognize changes in sounds in English words that she previously seemed to notice at 3 months of age. Why do you think Maria lost that ability? Is this normal or a problem? Please support your answer with Patricia Kuhl's research.
What will be an ideal response?
Maria's loss of this ability is very normal. Research by Patricia Kuhl demonstrated that babies from birth to six months of age are really good at determining different sounds regardless of the language. As babies get more used to their "own" language that they are surrounded with, they get better at perceiving the changes in sounds in their "own" language. However, they actually get worse at perceiving changes in sounds in different languages.
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