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Babies begin to learn language sounds before they’re even born. In the womb, a mother’s voice is one of the most prominent sounds that's heard. And, as research scientist Naja Ferjan Ramirez writes, ...

Every infant is a natural-born linguist capable of mastering any of the world's 7,000 languages like a native An infant child possesses an amazing, and fleeting, gift: the ability to master a language ...

Before babies learn to talk in a real language -- say English or Spanish -- they babble and coo, playing with sound. That's baby talk, and baby talk sounds similar the world over. Babbling and cooing ...

Christa Lam-Cassettari has received funding from the Marcus and Amalia Wallenberg Foundation in Sweden, ARC Centre of Excellence Dynamics of Language, the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and ...

The more baby talk words that infants are exposed to the quicker they grasp language, a study suggests. Assessments of nine-month-old children suggest that those who hear words such as bunny or ...

A study finds babies prefer baby talk, whether they're learning one language or two. Scientists knew infants learning one language preferred the sing-song tones of parents' baby talk, and now ...