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 ...

0-3 months: How far can newborn babies see? Professor Ben Ambridge invites parents to investigate their babies' vision and focus. We spoke to Speech and Language Therapist Janet Cooper to find out ...

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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 - ...

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 ...

Some people consider baby talk to be incredibly annoying, and many believe it can even be harmful to a child's development. But research has shown speaking slowly in a childish voice is in fact ...

When we read, it's very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one another. But this is not the case with spoken language – speech is a ...

There is evidence that babies begin learning in the womb? Before she is even born, your baby has already been exposed to many opportunities for language learning. Language learning begins in the womb.

What if babies could tell us what they want, before they start crying for it? Bring in baby signing, a system of symbolic hand gestures for key works such as “milk,” “hot” and “all gone” that are ...

“Goo goo ga ga? Are wu my widdle baby?” If your idea of “baby talk” makes you throw up in your mouth a little, then it’s time to get educated. True baby talk, which a new study shows can boost infant ...

Trendy “baby signing” classes established to boost language skills actually make little difference to toddlers’ development, according to new research. By Graeme Paton 03 November 2012 • 6:00am Dr Liz ...