NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with a limited vocabulary at the age of 5 may be at increased risk of poor literacy as adults, a study published Monday suggests. UK researchers found that among ...

All kids make mistakes as they learn to talk — saying “wabbit” for “rabbit” or “theethaw” for “seesaw.” But when does a cute mispronunciation suggest a possible disorder? We turned to Dr. Lewis First, ...

Psychologists have a problem with words. First, we have words like ‘attachment.’ ‘Attachment’ means something very specific in the context of developmental psychology. Grounded in ‘attachment theory,’ ...

A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments. The discovery has the ...

Last fall, University junior Lindsey Dombras spent more than three months studying in Morelia, Mexico, speaking almost entirely Spanish during her time there. She became fluent in her second language, ...