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·December 3, 2019·4 min read

Young Children and Infants Read to By Parents Have Stronger Vocabulary Skills

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.

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·February 20, 2019·4 min read

Mandarin Chinese Could Help Us Understand How Infants Learn English

A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.

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·January 29, 2019·3 min read

Newborn Babies Have Inbuilt Ability to Pick Out Words

Using fNIRS, researchers discovered babies are able to pick out words from speech at as young as three days old.

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·August 6, 2018·5 min read

Pregnant with Epilepsy? Folic Acid May Prevent Language Delays

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.

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·August 5, 2018·4 min read

Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language

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

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·April 18, 2018·4 min read

Link Between Gene Variation and Language Discovered

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.

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·April 15, 2018·2 min read

Children’s Gestures, and What They Mean

A new study explores how children's use of gestures is connected to communication and language acquisition.

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·March 28, 2018·5 min read

Genes in Songbirds Hold Clues About Human Speech Disorders

A new study reveals how manipulating the FoxP2 gene could have positive implications for those suffering speech related disorders.

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·February 14, 2018·6 min read

Back and Forth Exchanges Boost Children’s Brain Response to Language

Engaging young children in conversation helps boost language development, researchers report.

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·January 29, 2018·5 min read

Language is Learned in Brain Circuits that Predate Humans

A new study reveals language is learned in brain systems that predate humans.

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·January 23, 2018·4 min read

Deaf Children Learn Words Faster Than Hearing Children

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.

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·January 10, 2018·3 min read

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.

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