We all sometimes stare at our bawling baby and wish they could just tell us what they need… but what if that was actually possible? What if our tiny child, whose voice box is not yet mature enough to ...

Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby staring at you while you talk, it’s because they’re picking up on ...

Across social media, babies are doing something that has viewers completely mesmerized—laughing together as if they understand every babbled word. What started as a handful of clips has grown into a ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Babies are using their hands to communicate before they can actually talk. That appears to be a trend at many daycare centers where tiny infants are being taught sign language so ...

We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life. But babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the ...

There is evidence that babies begin learning in the womb? Before she is even born, your baby has already been exposed to many opportunities for language learning. Language learning begins in the womb.

As most parents of small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence suggests that using the boob tube as a babysitter has ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...

You may not realize this, but your newborn is a linguistic dynamo waiting to happen. Babies can distinguish 800 language sounds, which means they are primed to learn several languages — at the same ...

Think babies are just little clueless humans? A remarkable new study published by Developmental Science shows that 4-month-old babies are already able to distinguish between languages by simply ...

Language and conversation is our lifeblood. And that’s even true, scientists say, if one of the “speakers” may not have fully developed language skills. Led by Dr. Betty Vohr, a professor of ...