Pregnancy is often a unique experience, marked by anticipation and mental representations of what will happen after a baby's ...

Most of us have no idea that our mother's influence on one of the most important things we’ll ever do—speaking—begins well ...

Language development during early childhood can indicate how well a baby's nervous system was developed in the womb. Prenatal exposure to cortisol – a steroid hormone that helps the body respond ...

Toddlers whose moms were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during mid- to late-pregnancy tend to score lower on measures of cognition, motor coordination and language ... the link between ...

The study followed 103 children from age three months to three years and tracked their language development and intersensory processing skills (translation: matching sight and sound). These skills ...

Parents who stare at their screens instead of talking to their kids aren’t just modeling poor behavior — they could be hindering their children’s language development, a new study found.