Quantity of Language Heard & Children’s Language Development
The quantity of language children are exposed and conversational turns has been linked to improvements in children’s later language ability, literacy development and more activated Broca’s area.
Beyond the 30-Million-Word Gap: Children’s Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function
Romeo, R. R., Leonard, J. A., Robinson, S. T., West, M. R., Mackey, A. P., Rowe, M. L., & Gabrieli, J. D. E., 2018
Does Frequency Count? Parental Input and The Acquisition of Vocabulary
Goodman, J., Dale, P & Li, P
2008
Language Exposure Relates to Structural Neural Connectivity in Childhood
Romeo, R. R., Segaran, J., Leonard, J. A., Robinson, S. T., West, M. R., Mackey A. P., Yendiki, A., Rowe, M. L. & Gabrieli, J. D. E
2018