For years, researchers have known that young children pick up words just by being around conversation. Toddlers do not need ...

Researchers have identified that some dogs are "gifted word learners” — pups who know the names of more than 100 toys. In fact, these dogs can learn new words just by eavesdropping. And even if your ...

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His owner says, "Max, stop chasing that squirrel and sit down," and Max obeys. Can ...

Babies may learn words before their first birthday — but not like older kids do. Experts report that 10-month-old babies can learn new words and usually link those words to interesting objects — even ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the brain which is unique to humans allows us to learn new words. For the first time scientists have identified how a pathway in the ...