The distinctive sounds of a newborn's first cries may be influenced by the mother tongue of its parents. A new study of over a thousand recorded cries from 30 French newborns and 30 German newborns ...

In the first few months of their lives, babies cry, babble, gurgle and make a variety of other peculiar sounds. It can be difficult to imagine that they are actually laying the foundations for later ...

Infants who are just a few days old cry with intonation patterns that reflect the language spoken by their parents, new research shows. The conclusion drawn by German researchers is that foetuses are ...