FeaturedNeuroscience·October 11, 2022·4 min readProperties of ‘Baby Talk’ Similar Across Many LanguagesInfant-directed speech, or "baby talk", displays similar properties across 36 different languages.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 11, 2021·3 min readSpeaking “Baby Talk” to Infants Isn’t Just Cute: It Could Help Them Learn to Make WordsParents who use "baby talk" help their infants to produce speech, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 23, 2021·3 min readBabies Prefer Baby Talk, Whether They’re Learning One Language or TwoWhether an infant is monolingual or exposed to two languages, researchers found they prefer to listen to an adult indulging in baby-talk.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 3, 2020·5 min readParentese helps parents, babies make ‘conversation’ and boosts language developmentParents who speak to their infant in parentese, or baby-talk, help increase their child's language acquisition skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 1, 2018·2 min readBaby Talk Words Build Infants’ Language SkillsAccording to researchers, using baby talk words such as 'bunny' and 'choo choo' can help boost language acquisition in infants between 9 and 21 months.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 9, 2018·3 min readFrom the Mouths of Babes: Infants Enjoy Hearing From Their PeersAccording to researchers, infants prefer the sounds of other babies over the voices of adults. Researchers found 5 month old babies spend 40% longer listening to sounds of other babies than adult vocalizations of the same sounds.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 27, 2016·4 min readBaby Talk May Be More Educational For Infants Than ImaginedBaby talk can teach infants the relevant properties of language, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 27, 2016·3 min readBaby Talk: Words With Repeated Sounds Help Infants Learn LanguageAccording to researchers, babies find it easier to grasp the names of objects with repeated syllables over words with non-identical syllables.Read More