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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

As research continues to support early communication development, sign language programs are becoming increasingly popular ...

Language development during early childhood can indicate how well a baby's nervous system was developed in the womb. Prenatal exposure to cortisol – a steroid hormone that helps the body respond to ...

SALISBURY — Partners In Learning has announced its upcoming inclusive mini-conference, “The Power of Conversation,” on Saturday. The free event is open to the community and will be held in the SECU ...

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.

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

The UK government's strategy for early years education in England aims to get children in reception "school-ready." But what ...