The Language and Cognition Lab in the Cognitive Science Department needs your help! We're currently recruiting children ages 17 months to 9 years to participate in studies on language development. Our ...

If you’re a parent, you know that toddlers have a knack for soaking up everything around them—often to hilarious effect. A recent TikTok video by @savconsidine has gone viral, racking up over 5 ...

Watching videos and TV negatively affects language development in toddlers. The corresponding study was published in Acta Paediatrica. While digital media may be useful for connecting with relatives ...

A quick Google search of “technology speech delay” yields countless news articles about how technology use by young children contributes to speech delays. A recent study of almost 900 children showed ...

Spotify this morning is announcing a change to its service designed to appeal to families with small children: it’s relaunching the app’s Kids category to include new playlists focused on vocabulary ...

Annals of Dyslexia, Vol. 55, No. 2 (December, 2005), pp. 166-192 (27 pages) The relationship between late-talkers' language development and reading and spelling outcomes was examined in children with ...

Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers say it may be possible to predict future language development outcomes in ...

Screen time is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide, affecting even the youngest members of society. With hectic schedules, many parents rely on gadgets and television to keep their toddlers ...

A new study from SMU psychologist Sarah Kucker and colleagues reveals that passive video use among toddlers can negatively affect language development, but their caregiver's motivations for exposing ...

According to a recent study, toddlers who frequently engage with screens may face setbacks in their language development. Toddlers aged 17 to 30 months spend nearly two hours daily watching videos, ...