Language before birth: Prenatal exposure to a foreign language can alter newborns’ brain responses, affecting how they process familiar and unfamiliar speech. Spotting dyslexia early: Brain patterns ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study. During the study, which is publishing ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

New research suggests pregnancy doesn’t impair the brain—it reshapes it, refining memory, attention, and emotional awareness ...

VANCOUVER - March 8, 2026 - Learning French, reading the latest Andy Weir novel, hanging out with friends for St. Patrick’s Day — language is central to all these everyday activities. Seemingly ...

What scientists found: A large-scale study of over 86,000 Europeans found multilinguals were up to 2.17 times less likely to show signs of accelerated biological aging. Why it matters: Switching ...

Note to reporters: An embargoed video explaining the research is available for preview at https://youtu.be/E5hDhWSmeoY. The mother featured in the video is available ...