When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter—they help to build a baby's emerging language skills.

Adults might be hardwired to understand the nonsense baby-talk of toddlers, scientists have found. This ability of grown-ups to parse the early attempts of children to talk may also help the children ...

Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive ...

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...

A mom from Pennsylvania has revealed how powerful a familiar voice can be for a newborn. Ruth Swingler, 28, (@ruth_fit316) shared the heartwarming moment from the delivery room in a reel on Instagram.

Could a baby’s still-growing brain help set the stage for learning language? Princeton neuroscientists find surprising clues from chatty monkeys who share the power of babble. PRINCETON, N.J. — When a ...