New neuroimaging studies reveal that brain structure, function, and social interaction leave detectable signatures of ...

Some of the most complex cognitive functions are possible because different sides of your brain control them. Chief among them is speech perception, the ability to interpret language. In people, the ...

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 ...

Background Speech and language disorders are among the most common developmental concerns in early childhood, yet there is limited consensus in pediatrics regarding how accurately parent-report ...

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.

Approximately 10% of the human population is left-handed. Among them, one in five exhibits a peculiar brain phenomenon known as atypical language lateralization. While most people attribute their ...

Ear infections are a common childhood experience, but a new study suggests parents should take these infections seriously to preserve their children’s language development. That’s because each ear ...

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 ...

Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words. In newly published research, my colleagues and I developed a ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...