Parental postpartum depression may be a risk factor for children's early language
development. However, previous empirical findings have been inconclusive regarding these …

Understanding words in unfolding speech requires the coordination of many skills to support
successful and rapid comprehension of word meanings. This multifaceted ability emerges …

High levels of maternal responsiveness are associated with healthy cognitive and emotional
development in infants. However, depression and anxiety can negatively impact individual …

We investigated the longitudinal associations among maternal pre-and postnatal
depression, maternal anxiety, and children's language and cognitive development followed …

Depression had been paid more and more attention by researchers because of its high
prevalence, recurrence, disability and mortality. Speech depression recognition had become …

There is a long-standing debate in the literature about the benefits that acoustic components
of Infant Directed Speech (IDS) might have for infants' language acquisition. One of the …

Both the quantity and quality of the maternal language input are important for early language
development. However, depression and anxiety can negatively impact mothers' …

Background: Postnatal depression (PND) is the most common complication observed in
women following delivery, affecting approximately 17% of mothers. Research shows that …

Parental input is a critical factor in language development not only in for typically developing
children but also in for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The aim of the …

Background: In Uganda, strict lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic
exacerbated existing societal problems, including poverty, food insecurity, and the burden of …