[jncfhnb]

The actual article simply says babies pick up on phonetic differences featured in rhyme and song. It says nothing about being crucial to learning.

[nitwit005]

Yep, the headline is a deliberate lie to make the story more appealing.

[seizethecheese]

Ironically, you also added the word “deliberately” to make your comment more appealing without any evidence

[worik]

Joining in a trivia dive...

> Ironically, you also added the word “deliberately” to make your comment more appealing without any evidence

Yes.

Fun.

A short comment is not the place for evidence.

I could criticise it for hyperbole but actually the thing I do not like is mor e gratuitous unesecsary adjectives....

Given a startling crisp headline for a mild wishy washy article it is reasonable to assume deliberation.

But is it a lie? Or measly an exaggeration?

I care a lot, it's good

[nitwit005]

You believe they accidentally misrepresented the scientists who never mentioned the concept in the headline? Come on.

There is an endless stream of these headlines that misrepresent the scientific claims in a way that just happens to seem designed to make the article more appealing. I'm sure it's all pure coincidence.

[jaredhallen]

I don't know, I can't imagine they accidentally wrote that bit in the headline.

[fsckboy]

you turned

> "you added the word “deliberately”

into

> Ironically, you also added the word “deliberately” to make your comment more appealing without any evidence

with no evidence, theory of mind, nor sense of irony apparent.

[dang]

We've changed the headline to a (shortened) version of the subtitle, which is more neutral. This is often the case.

[rossdavidh]

Yeah the quote from the researcher is “Parents should talk and sing to their babies as much as possible or use infant-directed speech like nursery rhymes because it will make a difference to language outcome.”

Which, you know, sure, why not. Nursery rhymes are, I'm sure, great. But the idea that it is "vital" seems preposterous, as I'm sure many infants do not have anyone singing to them, and they still learn to speak.

Again, I'm sure singing to your baby is good stuff, but the headline seems like a stretch.