Reinterpreting Japan's ancient Ateji with a modern sensibility, the lyrical art of weaving sound and meaning together ...

When we hear certain sounds, our brains often pair them with specific shapes. For example, most people will associate a sharp ...

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba ...

Parents have been singing lullabies to their children for thousands of years, but emerging research suggests that music does far more than simply calm a restless infant. Dutch scientists have ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Augusta University has opened a new “baby lab” where infants help train the next generation of occupational physical and speech therapists.

Headcam footage from babies has revealed new insights into how babies encounter faces across early development. Cardiff Babylab at the Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science (CUCHDS ...

Cardiff Babylab at the Cardiff University Center for Human Developmental Science (CUCHDS) used baby-worn headcams and AI face detection to investigate the everyday viewing of faces during playtime ...

Baby talk could play a key role in helping toddlers' early language development, according to new research. Infant-directed speech - often referred to as ‘baby talk’ - helps infants learn the sounds ...