Language Effects On Brain

Language used by mothers to talk to their babies can help their children to learn to empathise with others, a new study has found.

Repeated episodes of severe diarrhoea in early childhood can have permanent effects on brain development. Children who suffer serious and ongoing episodes of diarrhoea during the first two years of their life perform less well than other children on tests of intelligence between 5 and 10 years later.

Language used by mothers to talk to their babies can help their children to learn to empathise with others, a new study has found.

Repeated episodes of severe diarrhoea in early childhood can have permanent effects on brain development. Children who suffer serious and ongoing episodes of diarrhoea during the first two years of their life perform less well than other children on tests of intelligence between 5 and 10 years later.