Don't underestimate your little babies thinking that they cannot understand you. A study that appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal has stated that infants as young as six months old can understand some of the things of their parents.

A group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that there are chances that the children who are not even one years old cannot understand their parents with them completely. However, they are able to understand some of the things. So, it is good for both of them, parents as well as for infants to communicate which will strengthen their bond.

The study is opposite to the common notion that children cannot understand their parents' conversation with them until they get one year old. In order to prove their hypothesis, they conducted an experiment in which they enrolled 33 infants who were aged between six and nine months.

Other 50 children were also enrolled who were aged between 10 and 20 months. The first step was to assess the understanding level of infants who were not even one year old. They were accompanied with their mothers, said Dr. Daniel Swingley, one of the study researchers.

Images were shown on a screen of some common things and children had to identify things correctly. Their mothers asked them about things in shown in screens and 95% children through their gaze correctly identified the items.

Some of the items being shown on the screen were apple, arm, banana and water bottle. Simile test was being conducted for children who were aged between 10 and 20 months. No significant improvement was seen in them.

Swingley said, "I think this study presents a great message to parents: You can talk to your babies and they're going to understand a bit of what you're saying".