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20 March 2023

How does the sing-song rhythm of 'baby talk' help babies learn? - Tiny Happy People (BBC)Lots of people automatically speak to babies with a 'baby voice', using a sing-song rhythm and silly sounding words like 'bunny' and 'doggy'. But how does this affect the way babies learn language?Researchers at the University of Cambridge are investigating the…

14 June 2021

The first paper from the BabyRhythm project was published this week in the journal Brain and Language. Using EEG data from 8-week-old infants, we showed that a machine learning approach can be used to accurately classify whether an infant was hearing rhythmic speech or a rhythmic non-speech sound. First author Samuel Gibbon achieved this by buildin…

17 November 2020

Professor Usha Goswami FBA explains what it is that neuroscientists study and how their research impacts our understanding of what it is to be human.https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/what-is-neuroscience/

19 September 2019

The world’s largest education prize awarded to someone who is ‘creating a better world through education’ has been won by Professor Usha Goswami.Read more here: https://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/trainee-primary-school-teacher-turned-professor-wins-39million-yidan-education-prize

19 September 2019

Prof Usha Goswami in the interview by Stephen Fry for the Fry's English DelightMore details here: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-usha-explains-language-development-radio-4-bbc

19 September 2019

Prof Usha Goswami in the interview by Stephen Fry for the Fry's English DelightMore details here: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/prof-usha-explains-language-development-radio-4-bbc

19 September 2019

Read more here:https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-usha-goswami-talks-about-how-nursery-rhymes-can-tackle-dyslexia

19 September 2019

Available online, next Sunday 30th, at 13:30 Professor Usha Goswami, Department of Psychology, has been interviewed by the BBC Radio 4, about her work. She explains the way the brain records and retains poetic meter and particularly the strong, rhythmic meter of the twice-told tales of childhood.Check the full interview available at 01:30 pm - 30th…

19 September 2016

Daily Telegraph article Dyslexic children can be helped by nursery rhymes and musicProf. Goswami talking to the Hay Festival. Here she explains how dancing and singing can help in dyslexia because the condition is caused by lack of rhythm in brain.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/11625202/Dyslexia-can-be-overcome-with-nursery-rhymes-…

19 September 2016

Daily MailSense of rhythm could hold the key to overcoming dyslexiaProf. Goswami talking to the Daily Mail about the importance of the BabyRhythm project in understanding language disorders such as dyslexia.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-129455/Dyslexia-linked-poor-rhythm.html