Within hours of birth, newborns begin to distinguish between sounds and become sensitive to language information.
Reading to infants and young children is associated with stronger vocabulary skills at age three. The findings reveal parents who read to children with genetic predispositions to learning and attention disorders help improve their language acquisition skills.
A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.
Using fNIRS, researchers discovered babies are able to pick out words from speech at as young as three days old.
A new study links folic acid intake in pregnant women with epilepsy and language development in children. Researchers report among children whose mothers with epilepsy did not take folic acid, 34% had delayed language skills at 18 months.
A new study challenges how we think about how humans acquired language. The study found no evidence that recent, human specific selection occurs for the FOXP2 gene in relation to language development
A new study reveals people whose native language contains many consonants carry a specific genetic variation that helps them to distinguish a wide range of sounds.
A new study explores how children's use of gestures is connected to communication and language acquisition.
A new study reveals how manipulating the FoxP2 gene could have positive implications for those suffering speech related disorders.
Engaging young children in conversation helps boost language development, researchers report.
A new study reveals language is learned in brain systems that predate humans.
Max Planck Institute researchers report deaf children who receive cochlear implants are better at learning words when introduced to spoken word than children with normal hearing.
