Child-directed speech, or “baby talk,” plays a crucial role in language development and is a near-universal human behavior.

As ChatGPT-influenced language becomes more common, researchers warn that we may be drifting away from genuine ...

The human language system appears to recruit a broad network of frontal and temporal brain regions. Even though different aspects of language processing have by now been confidently apportioned to ...

The mechanisms behind the development of human language are one of the great mysteries of primate evolution. Biologists have identified certain genes that play a role in human speech and are ...

New study reveals similarities between chimpanzee and human language development. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231017123453.htm.

Within a short space of time, the use of large language models has changed the way people use language, warn researchers. The ...

A new study reveals that passive video use among toddlers can negatively affect language development, but their caregiver's motivations for exposing them to digital media could also lessen the impact.

The first longitudinal study on early language development in infants born during COVID-19 was published last August ... Early Human Development, 195. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106081.

Majoring in Human Development. Human development is the study of how people grow and change, from conception through the end of life. The changing nature of the American family, childhood and ...

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 ...

Human development is a popular major — one of the top 10 at UC Davis. Our human development majors take classes in biology, genetics, nutrition, statistics, psychology and more. The major is offered ...