A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...

During the randomized study, parents/guardians were given a set of 20 children's books specifically chosen to support early language development and interaction with print media. Enrolled families ...

Matching the sight and sound of speech — a face to a voice — in early infancy is an important foundation for later language development. This ability, known as intersensory processing, is an essential ...

Co-authored by Camila Alviar, Ph.D. and Miriam Lense, Ph.D. Infants all over the world become masters of the language their community speaks within the first 3 years of life, a surprisingly short time ...

The more "baby-talk" words that infants hear, the quicker they grasp language, new research suggests. Studies of nine-month-olds found that those most exposed to small words ending in "y" sounds - ...

Communicating with babies in infant-directed-speech is considered an essential prerequisite for successful language development of the little ones. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Neuroscientists find brain white matter makeup in infancy is linked to children’s degree of language skills at five years old. From inside the womb and as soon as they enter the world, babies absorb ...

Make your little munchkin a bookworm: Reading books every day can improve language development in infants 12 months and younger. Parental reading in the first year of life can improve early speech and ...

Neuroscientists find brain white matter makeup in infancy is linked to children’s degree of language skills at five years old. From inside the womb and as soon as they enter the world, babies absorb ...