Purpose: This study examined prosodic speech production in children with Down syndrome (DS) using a structured imitation task designed to elicit ...

Abstract. Children learn to communicate via real-time behavioural feedback loops with their social partners (e.g. infant vocalizes, caregiver responds and

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In the InCHORRRuS (Infant-directed (ID) Communication Highlights and Organizes Repetition and Redundancy through Rhythmic Structure) framework, increased rhythmicity in ID speech and the beat-based m....

About the Opportunity About the Opportunity: The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Music, AI and Brain ...

The Communication and Language Lab (https://www.thecommunicationandlanguagelab.com/) in the Department of Psychology and Human Development is looking for a full-time Project Coordinator. The Communica...

Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap.

Genome-wide analyses in over one million self-reported cases and controls identify genetic variants associated with stuttering and find genetic correlations with autism, depression and impaired musica...

The Mood, Emotion & Development Lab at Vanderbilt University is directed by Dr. Autumn Kujawa. Our research examines social and emotional development and the ways in which alterations in emotion contr...

This full-time research technician position is part of the Mood, Emotion, and Development Lab housed in the Department of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College at Vanderbilt University a...

Parents use music, especially singing, to interact with their young children, supporting parent-child bonding and social communication. Little is known about the parental attributes that support musi...

Rhythm perception and synchronization to periodicity hold fundamental neurodevelopmental importance for language acquisition, musical behavior, and social communication. Rhythm is omnipresent in the f...

Our new study by Alagöz et al. in Nature Human Behaviour digs into shared biological underpinnings of musical rhythm and language skills through genomic, neural, and evolutionary perspectives.

The Ph.D. program in Hearing and Speech Sciences is administered through the Vanderbilt University Graduate School. The program emphasizes preparation for research and teaching careers in audiology…

Toddlers prefer to learn from familiar adults, particularly their caregivers, and perform better on word learning tasks when taught by caregivers than by strangers. However, it remains unclear why to...

Using a battery of statistical tools, Alagöz et al. examine the genetic overlap between dyslexia and rhythm impairment and shed light on how the genome influences the neural bases of human language an...

Opera superstar and former NIH director help catalyze research