October 9, 2012 — Maternal depression and its treatment can change the timing of language development in infants, new research shows. Janet Werker, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ...

It matters what your baby hears. Even during sleep, the sounds that infants are exposed to can play a big role in language development, especially for babies at risk of language delays, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers made a surprising discovery about infant language development. Babies recognize familiar voices and languages before they are even born Researchers stress that this discovery does not mean ...

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 ...

How does speech from other children influence an infant’s ability to learn language? Federica Bulgarelli, assistant professor in the departments of Learning and Instruction and Psychology, has been ...

From a baby's first words to a child's emotional development and family relationships, researchers are examining how fathers ...

Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study. Infants whose mothers regularly use ...

Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and ...

White matter (WM) fiber tract differences are present in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and could be important markers of behavior. One of the earliest phenotypic differences in ASD are language ...

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 ...