In Brain Sense, I describe how the capacity for language develops in the infant brain before birth. Brain activity in the left-hemisphere language centers can be detected in infants as young as five ...

UA professor of psychology and linguistics LouAnn Gerken was recently awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to research how babies acquire language. Gerken’s research will ...

Baby talk could play a key role in helping toddlers' early language development, according to new research. Infant-directed speech - often referred to as ‘baby talk’ - helps infants learn the sounds ...

Infant language development encompasses a remarkable period in which the foundations for later language processing and comprehension are established. During this phase, infants exhibit a high degree ...

There are many factors that contribute to infant language development, not least of which is baby talk—the modified speech mothers and other adults often use when speaking to infants. Baby talk is ...

October 9, 2012 — Maternal depression and its treatment can change the timing of language development in infants, new research shows. Janet Werker, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ...

As an integral part of their daily routine, infants at a childcare center in Broken Arrow are being taught American Sign Language to express their needs and reduce frustration, leading to enhanced ...

With a new baby, it is a rite of passage for parents to worry about their adequacy as role models in the face of raising another human. How to keep them safe, what to feed them, and how to educate ...