Summertime and the learning is easy…
While Ella Fitzgerald sang that “the livin’ is easy” during summertime, holding on to knowledge from the school year apparently is not. On average, children lose up to 2 months […]
Unlocking the Secrets of Auditory Processing
What does your brain do when you hear a sound? The answer depends on your experiences. Research from Northwestern University’s Auditory Neuroscience Lab, led by Nina Kraus, suggests that many [...]
Social Skills Key to Infant Language Acquisition
How babies learn language is still not fully understood, but researchers at the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) are working to unravel the [...]
Improving Reading Comprehension in Kids with ASD
Some young people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have strong skills in reading out loud, but struggle to comprehend what they read. A new study finds it is possible to […]
Babies’ Language Learning Abilities Improve with Age
There is a difference between the way an 18-month-old baby and a 36-month-old toddler learn language, finds new research from the University of Missouri (MU). The study is among the […]
