Infant-directed speech - often referred to as baby talk - helps infants learn the sounds of their language. The post Baby ...

S ome people refuse to use baby talk with babies. The sing-song repetition of cute nonsense words commonly spoken by adults ...

Baby talk isn't just cute—it could play a vital role in helping infants learn the sounds of their language, new research from ...

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 ...

June 12 -- — Babies learn to speak the same way that some birds learn how to sing. Infants don't learn to speak just by imitating the sounds of older humans in their midst, according to new research.

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 ...

Music and rhythm therapy are gentle ways to help babies who can't talk yet develop their senses, emotions, and brains. This ...

You might have seen those heartwarming and often funny viral videos where parents or caregivers engage in long "talks" with young babies about this and that—usually just fun chit chat of no great ...