Every story, song, or word helps their brain connect language and emotion in ways that last well beyond infancy.

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Language acquisition in early childhood represents a fundamental aspect of human cognitive development, where children rapidly transform acoustic signals into a rich, structured linguistic system.

Are genetic factors underlying children's language development linked to later-life outcomes? In a genome-wide analysis, an international research team found genetic associations between children's ...

Hearing a mother’s voice helps premature babies’ brains grow faster and develop stronger language connections.

A recent study revealed that a mother's voice strengthens a baby’s speech development.To note, fetuses start hearing around ...

Premature babies who hear their mother’s voice develop stronger brain language pathways. Discover how maternal sounds shape ...

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol during the third trimester of pregnancy may improve speech and language skills in the first 3 years of a child's life, according to research presented at the ...

Researchers from 13 countries investigated the impact of COVID-19 related social isolation measures on 2,200 young infants and toddlers between 8 and 36 months of age. Their findings provide insights ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...