Language, Translation, and Later Development Up to now, we have talked about the psychology of feelings primarily in the context of infancy and early childhood. It is time to put feelings into the ...

Nancy Brady has been gratified to see the tool she and colleagues pioneered over a decade ago to measure the growth of ...

Co-authored by Camila Alviar, Ph.D. and Miriam Lense, Ph.D. Infants all over the world become masters of the language their community speaks within the first 3 years of life, a surprisingly short time ...

A University of Oslo study finds no evidence that parents adjust their speech to highlight words infants do not know. Baby ...

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 ...

Parents who stare at their screens instead of talking to their kids aren’t just modeling poor behavior — they could be hindering their children’s language development, a new study found. Parents who ...

WEDNESDAY, June 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers tend to speak less to infants when they’re on their smartphones, a new study finds. Moms talked 16% less to their babies when they were fiddling ...

The temporary, repeated hearing loss caused by chronic ear infections can affect language skills years later. Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should ...