The songbird is among the classical species studied as a model for understanding the neurobiology of language. It uses song and vocalization to communicate information for its survival. The songbird’s ...

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 ...

Hayley Leonard receives funding from a British Academy / Leverhulme Foundation small grant. Elisabeth L Hill receives funding from The Leverhulme Trust but the views expressed here are her own. She ...

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 ...

Heading out on a nature walk near their Carbondale, Colorado, home, Rachel Mulry and her three kids review some words: verde (green), naranja (orange), rojo (red). The family is learning Spanish ...

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 ...

The school’s English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program — a term that describes courses for non-native English speakers to develop better English language competency — will focus on ...