Twins produce fewer gestures and gesture to fewer objects than other children. Language use also lags for twins, and language -- but not gesture -- is also affected by sex, with girls performing ...

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.

A study examines how parental speaking style influences language development in infants. Across cultures, adults often use "parentese," a speaking style characterized by exaggerated intonation, high ...

Cognitive and computer scientists at the University of Toronto, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies have found child language development and the ...

A new study finds the value of using 'parentese,' an exaggerated speaking style that conveys total engagement with a child. Used in virtually all of the world's languages, parentese is a speaking ...

The programs are an outgrowth of the awareness of the importance of the first 3 years in a child’s intellectual, emotional ...

It is so exciting when your newborn begins making little baby noises. Every coo gets chronicled. Every giggle seems like a gift. I remember when Killian started babbling, making those first precious ...

Since their launch in 2007, smartphones have become a pervasive part of everyday life that influences interactions between parents and children. Research indicates that while parents typically use ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign exploring the relationship between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and language outcomes in early childhood found a link ...

Research on infant thinking suggests that babies are more complex thinkers than was once believed. There is now evidence that, by the end of their first year, children are capable of logical reasoning ...