Having conversations with your child can help boost brain development and the conversations between parent and child seem to hit different.

Devices including TVs, smartphones and tablets could change the brain structures of young children, according to scientists—who fear such technology could affect the development of language and ...

Bilingual children from immigrant families are not two monolinguals in one. They develop each language at a slower pace because their learning is spread across two languages. A researcher shows strong ...

Using dialogic book sharing, adults become active listeners and encourage children to assume a progressively more active role in storytelling. Adults follow the child’s lead, encouraging them to ...

A study examines how parental speaking style influences language development in infants. Across cultures, adults often use "parentese," a speaking style characterized by exaggerated intonation, high ...

Cognitive scientists have now found that conversation between an adult and a child appears to change the child's brain, and that this back-and-forth conversation is actually more critical to language ...

Parents of children ages 2 to 5 interested in volunteering to participate in studies about language acquisition and development in children can call Erin Conwell's lab, (701) 499-5276. FARGO - The ...

Hayley Leonard receives funding from a British Academy / Leverhulme Foundation small grant. Elisabeth L Hill receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust but the views expressed here are her own. She ...