Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle sugar pwum” and “baby doll.” “Ewwww,” you might reflexively think. Baby ...

Videos of caregivers chatting with babies as if they’re adults are going viral and sparking conversation. Instead of relying on traditional “baby talk,” some parents are choosing to speak to their ...

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When we read, it's very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one another. But this is not the case with spoken language – speech is a ...

Is baby talk good for a romantic relationship? Source: jambulboy/pixabay Baby talk triggers mixed emotions in people. Baby talking towards babies or pets seems perfectly appropriate to most observers.

Picture this: it’s a slow Monday evening, you and your partner are on the train (hands entwined, of course), heading back to his place after a wholesome pasta date. He inches closer and whispers in ...

"Baby talk" is one of those human behaviors that may seem a bit silly on the surface but serves an important purpose: It helps infants develop their speech. Researchers have recently discovered that ...

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 ...

Do you cringe when a partner baby talks with you? Or do you find it sweet and endearing? Is baby talk something more common amongst straight people? Do gay men recoil from it as it’s not seen as manly ...

Imagine you’re strolling through a park and you overhear a middle-aged couple cooing over each other, doting over their “wittle sugar pwum” and “baby doll.” “Ewwww,” you might reflexively think. Baby ...