An AI model using deep transfer learning—the most advanced form of machine learning—has predicted spoken language outcomes ...

The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

Hayley Leonard receives funding from a British Academy / Leverhulme Foundation small grant. Elisabeth L Hill receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust but the views expressed here are her own. She ...

There are several strategic benefits to English proficiency. First, English is the language of business, growth, and economic prosperity. The operating language of Deutsche Bank, the Asian Development ...

Keʻalohi Wang is a freelance writer from Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi. She has a background in content creating, social media management, and marketing for small businesses. An English Major from University ...