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Research rules out mental flexibility, attention as advantages for some bilingual children

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2019

While learning a second language has positive benefits for children, there is little evidence that bilingual children have more advanced executive function or improved attention over those who are monolingual.... Read More...

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Reading with Preschool Children Boosts Language by Eight Months

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 9, 2019

According to researchers, reading with your preschool aged children can boost their language development by up to eight months. Receptive language skills are positively enhanced when a child reads along with a carer, the study reports.... Read More...

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What’s Your First Memory? Did It Ever Really Happen?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2018

What is the earliest memory you can recall? How sure are you the event really happened? Researchers say our earliest memories are more likely to be fictional.... Read More...

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Adult-Child Conversations Strengthen Language Regions of Developing Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 14, 2018

Researchers report the greater conversational turn taking between adults and children, the stronger the connections are between the Wernicke's area and Broca's area in the child's brain. ... Read More...

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Baby Talk Words Build Infants’ Language Skills

Neuroscience NewsAugust 1, 2018

According 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...

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

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 14, 2018

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

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Acetaminophen Used During Pregnancy Associated with Elevated Rate of Language Delay in Girls

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 10, 2018

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.... Read More...

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Music Training Changes Children’s Brain Structure and Boosts Decision Making Network

Neuroscience NewsNovember 14, 2017

In as little as two years of learning, music can change the structure of the brain's white matter and boost networks implicated in decision making in children, USC researchers report.... Read More...

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How Infant Directed Speech Shapes Your Child’s Development

Neuroscience NewsAugust 2, 2017

Babytalk not only provides a baby with comfort and encouragement, it can also help facilitate early language development, a new study reports.... Read More...

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