Language acquisition in early childhood represents a fundamental aspect of human cognitive development, where children rapidly transform acoustic signals into a rich, structured linguistic system.

Researchers find a link between early vocabulary composition and later language development in children with cochlear implants. A University of Miami study offers new insights into language ...

Language learning is a human universal. There is no human culture without language, and in every culture, children naturally pick up the language or languages used by those around them. Yet cultures ...

Child language acquisition epitomises a uniquely rapid and sophisticated learning process underpinned by a complex interplay between innate cognitive mechanisms and environmental influences. Infants ...

The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...

A new study in U.S.-born children from Spanish-speaking families finds that minority language exposure does not threaten the acquisition of English by children in the U.S. and that there is no ...

Before the 1950s, prevailing research indicated that bilingualism created a disadvantage for children. Since then, many studies have found that not only were those concerns unfounded but that ...

Kids do listen to their parents from time to time, especially when they aren't supposed to. Here's what research says about ...

When I was a child, I became accustomed to ear infections. At least once a year, I would feel the telltale symptoms: pressure, the uncanny feeling of being underwater when I tried to swallow, and ...

For years, I was told that children should start learning English as early as possible. If they did not begin at the age of three, many warned, they would miss the so-called "golden period" for ...

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 ...