A new report describes an increasing emphasis among researchers in studying vocabulary development in infants. Recent findings have shown that infants are not only aware of the pieces that make up a ...

Even the most well-intentioned parents may not know how important it is to build their babies’ vocabulary during the first few years of life. The reality is, 90 percent of babies’ brain development ...

Toddlers exposed to DVDs and videos marketed as "educational" showed no greater improvement in their vocabularies than children not exposed to such programming, a study said Wednesday. In fact, ...

It turns out that all the cooing and babbling parents have been doing at their little ones is actually helping them learn new words, new research suggests. While conventional parenting wisdom has long ...

Scientists strap a webcam on a baby’s head and let an artificial intelligence learn from the footage. (Stock photo from pexels.com) We often tell people to spend time in someone else’s shoes whenever ...

No matter how little your baby is, it's never too early to start reading to them. Before they're even in your arms your baby knows the sound of your voice and once they're born, your voice becomes a ...

Should we talk to babies like adults or talk to them in 'motherese'? New research says that baby talk actually enhances a child's vocabulary. As a University of Maryland graduate student Christina ...

It has been revealed that the more words babies hear the faster their vocabulary grows. Researchers examined thousands of 30-second snippets of verbal exchanges between parents and babies and have ...

Baby talk speeds up an infant's learning, new research suggests. Babbling terms of endearment such as 'coochie coo' helps youngsters pick up language more quickly and could give them a head start at ...

Exposing infants to more "baby talk" could help them grasp language faster, according to researchers. Linguists at the University of Edinburgh found that youngsters who frequently heard diminutive ...

Feb. 12 -- THURSDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests the income and education levels of parents are connected to a baby's skills with gesturing, which in turn can indicate whether a ...