Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can noise levels in nurseries affect the language development of babies? A new study seeks to understand whether noise makes it ...

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 ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

Anyone who has spent time with a baby knows how unpredictable the first year can feel. One week a baby suddenly seems to "get ...

Nearly two million children in the UK are affected by early language delays. New research will examine whether noise in nurseries is a hidden factor. An estimated 1.9 million children across the UK ...

Researchers looked at a connection between how infants process musical rhythm and language. We break it down. Research suggests that infants who are better at detecting rhythm in music are also better ...

John Spencer receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health. Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which ...