«While studying language acquisition from the ‘word side’ may benefit those studying later stages of language learning — at the ages of 18 months to 3 years — it cannot account for how children break into language,» Smith said

A child’s first words mark a big milestone in life, and a topic of great curiosity for science. Now researchers have determined that these early stabs at verbal language are informed by what a baby sees. The findings out of Indiana University shed new light on how infants learn and develop language skills.  Beyond that, researchers hope the work could help pave the way for treating children with language disorders or other conditions like autism that […]