Imagine seeing the world through the eyes of a six-month-old child. You don’t have the words to describe anything. How could you possibly begin to understand language, when each sound that comes out ...

When a baby babbles and their parents respond, these back-and-forth exchanges are more than adorable-if-incoherent chatter - they help to build a baby's emerging language skills. But it turns out this ...

Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen receives funding from ARC Grant #FT190100243. Alice Nelson receives funding from ARC grant #FT190100243 and the ANU Futures Scheme for this research. Carmel OShannessy ...

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 ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. By Carl Zimmer If you’ve ever cooed at a baby, ...

A neural network trained on the experiences of a single young child managed to learn one of the core components of language: how to match words to the objects they represent. Human babies are far ...

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 ...