"Baby talk" is one of those human behaviors that may seem a bit silly on the surface but serves an important purpose: It helps infants develop their speech. Researchers have recently discovered that ...

The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language. By Carl Zimmer If you’ve ever cooed at a baby, ...

AND THEY SAY YOU CAN HELP AS WELL. STILL IN DIAPERS WITH A MIND OF HIS OWN. WE’LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME TO WARM UP. HE’S THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS STUDY, BUT CLEARLY, THAT DOESN’T MATTER TO HIM. TAKE ...

Adults might be hardwired to understand the nonsense baby-talk of toddlers, scientists have found. This ability of grown-ups to parse the early attempts of children to talk may also help the children ...

WASHINGTON — You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk. A study published Monday found that ...

You've heard it. You've probably done it. We're talking baby talk. And it turns out, the features of baby talk — softer tone, higher pitch, almost unintelligible vocabulary — are global. Researchers ...

Communicating with babies in infant-directed-speech is considered an essential prerequisite for successful language development of the little ones. Researchers have now investigated how the mood of ...

A woman is upset about her sister’s way of communicating with children. “My sister looks after my daughter maybe once a month or so,” the mom wrote. “She’s kind of me and my husband’s backup backup ...