Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study. Infants whose mothers regularly use ...

Screen time spent alone may hinder children’s language development. According to a researcher, the focus should be on parent–child interaction instead of the time spent in front of screens. According ...

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 ...