A study finds babies prefer baby talk, whether they're learning one language or two. Scientists knew infants learning one language preferred the sing-song tones of parents' baby talk, and now ...

Christa Lam-Cassettari has received funding from the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden, ARC Centre of Excellence Dynamics of Language, the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and ...

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 ...

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 ...