A classic study on this
Infants' Recognition of the Sound Patterns of Their Own Names
Denise R. Mandel, Peter W. Jusczyk, David B. Pisoni · 1995 · Psychological Science
- Children
- Babies aged 4½ months (number not checked yet)
- Where
- Not checked yet (summary only)
- Ages
- 4½ months
- How
- In a lab, researchers played babies their own name and other names and measured which they listened to longer
- What it found
- Babies as young as 4½ months preferred listening to their own name over other names, even names with the same rhythm.
- Limits
- A lab study. Recognising your name in a lab isn't the same as turning when called at home. We read the summary, not yet the full paper.