Study: The association of prenatal phthalates, organophosphate pesticides, and organophosphate esters with early child language ability in Norway.Image Credit: fizkes/Shutterstock Background ...

Good parenting can make all the difference as newborns learn to communicate and process information, and an increasing amount ...

Prenatal language experience scaffolds or supports language development, but does not determine developmental outcomes, she explained. This study was part of a larger project led by Gervain to ...

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How does prenatal use of folic acid, multivitamin/mineral, vitamins A and C, zinc, calcium and iron affect child development outcomes at 3 years? A further understanding of these effects is presented.

Why it pays to be a chatty mum: Babies start learning language BEFORE birth, study finds. Expectant mothers should chat away - and even talk directly to their baby bump ...

A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that infants scored lower on measures of cognition, motor coordination and language skills if their moms were exposed to higher levels of air ...

Published today in the journal Environmental Health, the study of Latino mother-child pairs is among the first to assess the link between prenatal pollution exposure and brain development in infancy.