S ome people refuse to use baby talk with babies. The sing-song repetition of cute nonsense words commonly spoken by adults to infants—and pets—can have a grating quality that makes some people cringe ...

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

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. By Carl Zimmer If you’ve ever cooed at a baby, ...

A study suggests that language used to describe a foetus during an ultrasound may affect parents' perceptions of their baby ...