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 ...

Two studies addressed whether children consider speakers' knowledge states when establishing initial word-referent links. In Study 1, forty-eight 3- and 4-year-olds were taught two novel words by a ...

New research from Northwestern University shows 15-month-old infants can learn words for objects they've never seen. This breakthrough challenges previous assumptions about early language learning ...