The science is clear: rich language exposure sets the foundation for success in school and life, including health. Early healthy brain development fuels Talk With Me Baby (TWMB), a groundbreaking ...

Music classes for the very youngest children can set them up to one day play an instrument, but experts say the classes can also bring broader cognitive benefits: firing up areas of their developing ...

Common toy injuries include eye injuries. Tamara Oechslin, O.D., Ph.D., associate professor at the UAB School of Optometry , ...

The first five years of a child’s life are everything. For Our Keiki shares simple, practical tips to boost your child’s ...

Researchers found that when the adult talked and played socially with a 5-month-old baby, the baby's brain activity particularly increased in regions responsible for attention -- and the level of this ...

By Tyrone Dukes When do people start learning? Research has proven that learning begins before birth. A baby’s brain begins ...

Some toddlers are little chatterboxes, and some are shy and barely speak at all. New research suggests that shy kids understand what is being said to them, but choose to clam up when it comes to ...

A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain ...

Exposure to air pollution may have serious implications for a child's developing brain and cause damage to language ...