A new study finds a surprising link between an infant's oral motor movements and auditory speech perception.
Researchers suggest that while experience is important for early language acquisition, it does not account for all of a child's language facility.
A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.
Engaging young children in conversation helps boost language development, researchers report.
New research identifies the neural mechanisms underlying the learning of a second language in adulthood.
Genetics factors could contribute to the development of language during infancy, a new study reports.
From babbling to complex sentences, researchers delve into how our ability to produce and understand language makes us humans unique.
According to a new study, newborn babies are able to process language as young as two days old by utilizing similar processes to adults.
Studying the neurodevelopment in young children acquiring language skills, researchers found larger myelin structures were already in place.
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.
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.
