According to a New Brain-Wave Study, Social Babies Get More Out of Spanish Lessons

Children learn languages so easily that it’s tempting to imagine that they’re passive little sponges soaking up everything they hear, but a new study from the University of Washington shows that 10-month-old babies use their eyes as well as their ears to learn the sounds of a foreign language. The study involved 17 babies from […]

The Speech of Other Babies Helps Infants to Learn

In a paper appearing in the journal Developmental Science, Researchers in Canada found that an attraction to infant speech sounds may help kick-start and support the crucial processes involved in learning how to talk. The discovery also offers new ways to help infants with problems such as hearing impairment that hinder the development of their […]

Babies Can Speak As Early As 7 Months

New Research Says Talking to Your Baby Stimulates His Brain Well Before He Utters Those First Words Babies usually start speaking by their first birthday, but new research suggests talking to your baby stimulates his brain well before he utters those first words. A study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]