The more closely scientists listen to the brain during conversation, the more its activity patterns resemble the statistical ...

The science is clear: rich language exposure sets the foundation for success in school and life, including health. Early healthy brain development fuels Talk With Me Baby (TWMB), a groundbreaking ...

John Spencer receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health. Talking to your baby or toddler shapes the structure of their brain, my colleagues and I have discovered. For the study, which ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

HELPING YOUR CHILD UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE. A LOCAL HOSPITAL IS ONE OF THE ONLY HOSPITALS IN SOUTH FLORIDA OFFERING A PROGRAM TO NEW PARENTS. AFTER HAVING A BABY. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Understanding exactly how the brain develops from birth has confounded scientists for decades, largely because tools to finely measure brain activity have been lacking.

A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments. The discovery has the ...

As teens spend less time with their friends in person, scientists are beginning to uncover how isolation may affect the ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language ...

Air pollution affects more than children's lungs. A paediatrician explains how toxic air can quietly interfere with brain development, attention and learning, and what families and schools can do to ...