Preemies who listened to voice recordings from their moms had more maturation in key language regions of the brain Fetuses are capable of eavesdropping on mom’s conversations late in pregnancy ...

The sounds babies make in their first year of life may be less random and more self-driven than previously believed, according to new research. The sounds babies make in their first year of life may ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from the University of the Sunshine Coast has found. The study is published in ...

Infant-directed speech - often referred to as baby talk - helps infants learn the sounds of their language. The post Baby ...

The soft, gentle murmurs of a baby's first expressions, like little whispers of joy and wonder to doting parents, are actually signs that the baby's heart is working rhythmically in concert with ...

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 ...

Research suggests that phone use may have an effect on children's speech input and language development. However, most of the prior work in this area examines parents and children in controlled ...