Identifying words from continuous speech is difficult, but languages contain several cues that can help us, including the way that syllables appearing at the end of words tend to be longer in duration
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Here are LuCiD, we are often asked to recommend good quality research papers on the role that parents have in their children's language development. In our latest evidence briefing, Profs Julian Pine…
Children learn new words using the same method as robots according to psychologists. This suggests that early learning is based not on conscious thought but on an automatic ability to associate…
LuCiD Directors, Elena Lieven and Anna Theakston, will give a workshop at the annual Stockport Early Years Improvement Team Conference. The workshop will explore the development of young children's…
Following her first article in eMagazine, Amy Bidgood has written another article, sharing some of the research findings that are beginning to emerge from the Language 0-5 Project on the role of…
Dr Katie Twomey has been awarded a prestigious ESRC Future Research Leaders grant to investigate infants’ and young children’s curiosity-based learning. The project will run from October 2016 for two…