Parent–child interaction constitutes a pivotal context for the emergence and consolidation of communicative and linguistic skills. In autism spectrum disorder (ASD), variations in the quality and ...

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 ...

A recent study published in the journal Infancy found that babies’ ability to match speech to faces predicted their future language abilities. The study followed 103 children from age three months to ...

Researchers create a storybook generation system for personalized vocabulary learning. Professor Inseok Hwang from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, along with students Jungeun Lee, ...

Dr. Theresa Horton says laughing helps babies build social, emotional and language skills while strengthening bonds with ...

After noticing more children arriving at early childhood education with limited language and communication skills, the ...

Screens have become ubiquitous in our daily lives—which means they've also become part of children's lives too. So what effect does this have on children's developing brains, especially critical ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Parents who stare at their ...

As most parents of small children will reluctantly admit, nothing can occupy a child quite like television. Unfortunately, the scientific evidence suggests that using the boob tube as a babysitter has ...

Professor Carri Westgarth, Chair in Human and Animal Interaction, University of Liverpool is an author of a recently published article in BMC Pediatrics on companion animals and child development ...

Around 1 in 10 Australian children has problems with language development by the time they start school, but the signs aren't always obvious. How can we tell if a child needs assistance? If a ...