Newborn chicks match “kiki” with spiky shapes and “bouba” with round ones, revealing the curious bouba-kiki effect in animals.

What a vocal little baby! Goats are known for their sass and stubbornness, but not every kid learns these skills so quickly ...

When we hear certain sounds, our brains often pair them with specific shapes. For example, most people will associate a sharp-sounding word with a jagged, pointed shape, while a soft, rolling word is ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- New research provides the strongest evidence to date that infants and young children – unlike adults -- are more drawn to sounds than they are to visuals in their environment. In ...

Infants can differentiate most sounds soon after birth, and by age 1, they become language-specific listeners. But researchers are still trying to understand how babies recognize which acoustic ...

Everyone likes to look at young babies. But who wants to listen? Well...it turns out that other babies do. In fact, a McGill University/UQAM research team has discovered that 6-month-old infants ...