Research suggests that infants who are better at detecting rhythm in music are also better at recognizing patterns in ...

Talking, singing, and playing with your child builds the foundation for strong language skills—starting in infancy. Support your child's language development with age-appropriate activities that match ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

ROTHSCHILD, Wis. (WSAW) - While kids naturally pick up the language around them, it is still a skill that needs to be learned. Parents and caregivers play a key role in developing speech and language ...

The sounds babies make in their first year of life may be less random and more self-driven than previously believed, according to new research. The sounds babies make in their first year of life may ...

Language and conversation is our lifeblood. And that’s even true, scientists say, if one of the “speakers” may not have fully developed language skills. Led by Dr. Betty Vohr, a professor of ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

Babies who hear more than one language while they're growing in the womb may be more able to hear a wider range of speech after they're born. While babies with mothers that only spoke one language ...

Baby talk could play a key role in helping toddlers’ early language development, according to new research. Infant-directed ...

As most parents of small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence suggests that using the boob tube as a babysitter has ...

Despite therapy one-third of autistic kids do not advance to spoken language. Motor imitation is a key factor for language ...