Pre-school-aged children with better vocabulary and attention skills before they begin school are more likely to perform better in an educational setting than their peers with less well-developed vocabulary and attention skills.
A transcranial magnetic stimulation study revealed the motor cortex may play a role in translating foreign language words into one's native tongue.
Children who swim or participate in other motor movement-focused exercises were 13% more accurate in vocabulary tests than children who did not engage in exercise. Researchers say movement-focused exercises can help with the encoding of new words in children.
Certain types of interactions between parents and babies result in greater infant vocabulary.
Eye tracking and EEG may help to assess vocabulary knowledge in those on the autism spectrum.
A new study reveals taking a short daytime nap can help to consolidate learning and memory of new foreign words.
Incorporating musical lessons into preschool classes can significantly help to improve children's linguistic skills, researchers report.
Children whose families have a lower socioeconomic status have significantly smaller vocabularies than their more affluent peers, a new study reports.
A new study reports dogs have the ability to understand human speech intonation and vocabulary by using similar brain areas to humans.
A new study reveals that, by the age of 20, a native English speaking American knows 42,000 dictionary words.
Researchers offer specific guidance to parents about just what kind of talk is most important, and at what ages and stages in a child’s growth.
If you want to learn a new language while you sleep, make sure your brain can do its job undisturbed, a new study suggests.
