Communicating with babies in infant-directed-speech is considered an essential prerequisite for successful language development of the little ones. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from ...

When we read, it's very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one another. But this is not the case with spoken language – speech is a ...

Speaking “parentese” with your baby, also known as “baby talk”, has been shown to enhance children’s linguistic abilities as they get older. Although using parentese has been associated with improved ...

It is so exciting when your newborn begins making little baby noises. Every coo gets chronicled. Every giggle seems like a gift. I remember when Killian started babbling, making those first precious ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Even moderate background noise can affect how infants learn language at an early and crucial time of their development, according to new research from Purdue University. "This ...

A new study coming from researchers with the Society for Research in Child Development found parents' smartphone usage could impact an infant's language development. The study was completed with a ...

Preterm babies perform as well as their full-term counterparts in a developmental task linking language and cognition, a new study has found. The study, the first of its kind with preterm infants, ...

When we read, it’s very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one another. But this is not the case with spoken language – speech is a ...

The more baby talk words that infants are exposed to the quicker they grasp language, a study suggests. Assessments of nine-month-old children suggest that those who hear words such as bunny or ...

Infants born during the pandemic produced significantly fewer vocalizations and had less verbal back-and-forth with their caretakers compared to those born before COVID, according to independent ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Even moderate background noise can affect how infants learn language at an early and crucial time of their development, according to new research from Purdue University. "This ...