Music and singing are some of the most common forms of social interaction and play during early childhood. Caregivers all over the world sing to their infants to engage or soothe them. Seemingly ...

Professor Shannon de l'Etoile knows the impact of a mother's lullaby. As a young music therapist in Colorado, de l'Etoile saw that when disadvantaged mothers were encouraged to sing to their babies, ...

Some parents believe playing classical music or reading to baby in utero will make them smart. Is there any truth to this?

Co-authored by Camila Alviar, Ph.D. and Miriam Lense, Ph.D. Infants all over the world become masters of the language their community speaks within the first 3 years of life, a surprisingly short time ...

Royal Conservatory of Music designed a program to help young children with cognitive, emotional and social development. Now ...

A new study coming from researchers with the Society for Research in Child Development found parents' smartphone usage could impact an infant's language development. The study was completed with a ...

Supporting emotional connection between a premature baby and mother during the intensive care unit treatment effectively improves the baby's brain development. The effects are clearly visible in the ...

Tool spots developmental delays early, when intervention can make the biggest difference iPad app uses videos and eye-tracking to measure babies’ learning and responses Tool validated by 2,500 infants ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...