Babbling in babies and marmoset monkeys shows how brain growth and feedback from caregivers shape language learning.

When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter - ...

June 12 -- — Babies learn to speak the same way that some birds learn how to sing. Infants don't learn to speak just by imitating the sounds of older humans in their midst, according to new research.

Human babies’ babbling is more than cute noise—it’s a feedback-driven learning strategy that sets the foundation for language.

Earlier this week, while we were all busy with the (now paused) war in Iran and the (very much ongoing) court battle over soldiers in L.A. streets, my baby started saying my name. It’s a moment every ...

You may not realize this, but your newborn is a linguistic dynamo waiting to happen. Babies can distinguish 800 language sounds, which means they are primed to learn several languages — at the same ...

The Notre Dame Robinson Community Learning Center has been awarded a $500,000 grant to expand their Talk to Your Baby Program. The Robinson Center was selected as the recipient of the Early Years ...

It would be hard to imagine living in a world in which you couldn’t use language to communicate basic wants and desires to others. And yet, babies very much find themselves in that position prior to ...

Jane Herbert has received funding for these projects: 2012-15: Does promoting parents’ engagement with their infants benefit language development?” Nuffield Foundation (approx. £200,000). D Matthews ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A new research study shows having conversations with infants and toddlers will eventually help their reading skills. The study was done by the nonprofit research organization LENA and ...