New research from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, has significant implications for understanding both ...

A new study uses deep linear networks to prove that language undergoes iterated learning to become structured and learnable.

From working on vocabulary words during meals to listening to music in the car, these expert-backed tips can help parents get ...

Communication begins long before children learn to speak. Researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan have now uncovered how early brain activity helps build developing ...

We have been exploring the enigma of language—its power in helping us understand one another, and the mischief caused by misinterpretations. Consider again this excerpt of a letter Wilbur Wright sent ...

Hand-held screens might delay a child's ability to form words, based on new research being presented this week at the annual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting in San Francisco. This preliminary ...

Source: spass/bigstockphoto What happens when 40 percent of a generation cannot function effectively at school? Signs are emerging that this may happen with the children who were 0 to 6 years old ...

A study found that targeted coaching for caregivers of infants as young as 8 months significantly enhances babies' communication and cognitive development. A newly published trial from Kennedy Krieger ...

A communication board is a device that displays photos, symbols, or illustrations to help people with limited language skills express themselves. The user can gesture, point to, or blink at images to ...