Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on ...

A study published in the journal PNAS highlights the impact of overhearing-based learning on language development in infants who are rarely spoken to directly. Tseltal mother carrying a nine-month-old ...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio (WKRC) - Growing research shows the benefits of infants learning sign language. Infants and toddlers at The Learning Experience in West Chester are using basic signs like 'hungry,' ...

Baby talk could play a key role in helping toddlers' early language development, according to new research. Infant-directed speech - often referred to as ‘baby talk’ - helps infants learn the sounds ...

Human language allows us to learn new words for things we've never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word's ...

A new study will investigate whether noise levels in nurseries affect the language development of babies. Researchers at the ...

Studycat announced curriculum-aligned updates to its children’s Mandarin app, supporting early learners with guided ...

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 ...

Why is language uniquely human? As mentioned in previous posts, chimpanzees can’t learn language because they can’t learn to name things. Only humans can. We’ve also argued that an infant’s ...

Kateřina Chládková has received external funding from the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, and the Czech Ministry of Education. She consults for and co-develops the Mooveez ...