Image by jcomp on Freepik Your baby should be learning speech from you, not the other way around – so ditch baby talk for parentese! We all know that baby’s first attempts at words are often jumbled, kind of imprecise imitations of what they hear from the adults in...
The sounds babies hear during sleep have a huge impact on their brains. Here’s why. A substantial amount of brain development occurs in response to outside stimuli At birth, the infant brain is stocked with billions and billions of neurons, but the connections among...
NOVEMBER 2023 Welcome to Our First Neuroscience in the Nursery Newsletter! In every issue, we will be bringing you insights into child development from scientists who are doing cutting-edge research that lets us better understand young brains and how we can best...
Point 1: The young brain needs, expects, and is focused on auditory variation in the environment to help it build language networks. Critical periods are windows of time when the brain is especially receptive to outside “experiences” or stimuli that help shape its...
August 11, 2023 – Even when they are asleep, the sounds babies hear play a big role in language development, especially for babies at risk of language delays, according to a new study. See the feature from Futurity...
