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Babies begin to learn language sounds before they’re even born. In the womb, a mother’s voice is one of the most prominent sounds that's heard. And, as research scientist Naja Ferjan Ramirez writes, ...

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 ...

A baby’s first word is typically a momentous occasion, witnessed with proud smiles and teary eyes. But what of the babbling that comes before? These nonsensical noises may also be a major milestone on ...

In all countries, people talk differently to very young children compared to how they talk normally. This different style of ...

Brainy Baby is university studied and published in JOCAM Journal of Children and Media Children love Brainy Baby DVDs and parents tell us their children love to watch them again and again learning ...

Do you know what I’d like to know? Do you? Dooo you? Yes! Yeeeesss! Yes, you dooo! Don’t you? Well, if you don’t, I’ll tell you. What I’d like to know is: What’s the point of baby talk? This is a bit ...

Rikke Louise Bundgaard-Nielsen receives funding from ARC Grant #FT190100243. Alice Nelson receives funding from ARC grant #FT190100243 and the ANU Futures Scheme for this research. Carmel OShannessy ...

The research described here was supported by the National Science Foundation Science of Learning Center Program grant to the UW LIFE Center (P.K.K., PI: Grant No. SMA-0835854), the Ready Mind Project ...