Reduced Attention to Audiovisual Synchrony in Infancy Predicts Autism Diagnosis
Infants who pay little attention to synchronous sights and sounds could have an elevated risk of being diagnosed with autism, researchers report.... Read More...
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Being Bilingual May Help Autistic Children
McGill researchers reveal being bilingual may benefit children on the autism spectrum when it comes to executive function.... Read More...
Preterm Babies May Suffer Setbacks in Auditory Brain Development and Speech
A new study reports babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are more likely to show delayed development of the auditory cortex.... Read More...
Acetaminophen Used During Pregnancy Associated with Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls
Researchers have discovered an elevated rate of language delay in 30 month old girls born to mothers who took the pain killer acetaminophen during pregnancy. The delay, however, was not witnessed in boys.... Read More...
Songbirds May Hold the Secret to How Babies Learn to Speak
Zebra finches may hold the key to understanding how babies learn to talk, researchers say.... Read More...
New fMRI Applications in Childhood Epilepsy Gives Insight Into Seizure Impact
New fMRI techniques could help assess, diagnose and treat epilepsy in children.... Read More...
Infant Brain Responses Predict Reading Speed During Later Childhood
Brain responses from 6 month old infants with an inherited dyslexia risk differed from those without the risk factor and also predicted their reading ability later in childhood, a new study reveals.... Read More...
Hearing Different Accents at Home Impacts Language Processing in Infants
According to researchers, children raised with parents who speak the same language, but with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently by 12 months of age than those whose parents speak with similar accents. Researchers say the effect of multiple accents should be taken into account when studying monolingual language acquisition.... Read More...
Why Musical Training is Beneficial in Processing Speech
Musical training may enhance the ability to process speech in noisy settings, a new study reveals. ... Read More...
Neurons Have the Right Shape For Deep Learning
A new study reveals a new algorithm that simulates how deep learning could occur in the human brain. Researchers report certain neurons have the shape and electrical properties that are well suited for deep learning.... Read More...
Why Do We See Similarities Across Languages? The Brain May Be Responsible
Researchers report we may see similarities between different languages as a result of the brain's preference for efficient information processing.... Read More...
Reading Between the Lines in Children’s Vocabulary Differences
Children whose families have a lower socioeconomic status have significantly smaller vocabularies than their more affluent peers, a new study reports.... Read More...