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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 17, 2024·4 min read

          Baby Babble Syncs With Heartbeats to Shape Speech Development

          Infants' heart rate rhythms are closely linked to their early vocalizations, including coos, babbles, and emerging words. Researchers found that babies were most likely to produce sounds when their heart rate reached a peak or trough, with speech-like sounds occurring during heart rate deceleration.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·October 25, 2024·8 min read

          Autistic Children’s Fascination with Letters Offers Learning Clues

          A recent study highlights that many autistic children show an intense interest in letters and numbers, which may play a distinct role in their language development. By analyzing clinical records and interviewing parents, researchers found that 37% of autistic children had a strong interest in letters, in contrast to just 3% of non-autistic peers. This interest often emerges around 30 months, aligning with typical development timelines but diverging in how it's applied.
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          ·May 29, 2024·4 min read

          Babies’ Squeals and Growls Show Early Vocal Practice Patterns

          Infants' vocalizations, like squeals and growls, appear in significant clusters, suggesting active noisemaking play and sound practice. Researchers analyzed recordings from 130 infants and found 40% of squeals and growls clustered significantly.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·April 22, 2024·6 min read

          Breaking Down Language Development in Autism

          Researchers conducted a novel study on language development in autistic children, revealing that it does not follow a linear path but progresses through three distinct stages.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·March 15, 2024·3 min read

          Brain Abnormalities in Children with Developmental Language Disorder

          Researchers have discovered that the anterior neostriatum, a part of the brain linked with movement, shows abnormalities in children with developmental language impairments. This study utilized a novel computational approach to analyze data from 22 studies, revealing that these abnormalities are uniquely prevalent in the anterior neostriatum.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·March 6, 2024·6 min read

          Household Size Shapes Child Language Development

          Researchers shed light on the impact of household size and adult-to-child ratios on children's language development, challenging conventional beliefs about family dynamics. The team found that while higher household density negatively affects vocabulary scores, a greater number of adults relative to children in the home can enhance language skills, especially in Hispanic families.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·October 26, 2023·7 min read

          Decoding Baby Talk: How Adults Understand Early Linguistic Efforts

          New research delves into how adults make sense of the limited vocabulary of young children. Through analyzing thousands of hours of transcribed audio, researchers created computational models to understand adult interpretations of baby talk.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·July 31, 2023·5 min read

          Autism Study Unveils New Genetic Players and Role of Language Delay

          Researchers shed new light on how genetics may influence the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The study, the largest ever to focus on families with multiple children diagnosed with autism, has revealed seven potential risk genes.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·December 1, 2022·4 min read

          Parents Talk More to Toddlers Who Talk Back

          Regardless of a child's gender, parents talk more to toddlers who already verbally communicate well.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·October 11, 2022·4 min read

          Properties of ‘Baby Talk’ Similar Across Many Languages

          Infant-directed speech, or "baby talk", displays similar properties across 36 different languages.
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          ·October 10, 2022·5 min read

          After Stroke in an Infant’s Brain, Right Side of Brain Compensates for Loss of Language in Left Side

          In children who experienced a left-hemisphere stroke within days of birth, brain plasticity allows the right hemisphere to acquire language abilities normally handled by the left hemisphere while maintaining its own language ability as well.
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          This shows a mom reading a book with her infant
          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·October 7, 2022·5 min read

          How the Mother’s Mood Influences Her Baby’s Ability to Speak

          Children of mothers who experience more negative moods as a result of postpartum depression during the first two months of their child's life have less mature processing of speech sounds at the age of six months.
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