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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most dog owners know the thrill of saying a favorite word and watching ears perk up instantly. New research suggests some dogs may be doing something even more impressive, picking up new object words ...

Researcher has found that toddlers learn words differently as they age, and a limit exists as to how many words they can learn each day. These findings could help parents enhance their children's ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the tiers associated with challenging words. Children who enter kindergarten with a small vocabulary don’t get taught enough ...