Baby talk. It is how many adults speak to babies: slowly, using shorter sentences, talking at a higher pitch, and putting more emphasis on certain vowels. Examples include, “Where are your shoooes?” And, “Oh, this tastes gooood.” New research from Princeton University in New Jersey found something else special about how adults -- in this case mothers -- speak to their very young children. “We found for the first time that mothers shift their vocal timbre,” said Elise Piazza, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University’s Neuroscience Institute. Timbre is what makes a sound appear different than words or music with the same pitch and loudness.
Title: The Benefits of Baby Talk
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/baby_talk.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Benefits of Baby Talk' data-article-id='2696'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='1833'>Baby talk.</span> <span data-start-time='1833' data-end-time='5146'>It is how many adults speak to babies:</span> <span data-start-time='5146' data-end-time='15854'>slowly, using shorter sentences, talking at a higher pitch, and putting more emphasis on certain vowels.</span> <span data-start-time='15854' data-end-time='26271'>Examples include, “Where are your shoooes?” And, “Oh, this tastes gooood.”</span> <span data-start-time='26271' data-end-time='38854'>New research from Princeton University in New Jersey found something else special about how adults -- in this case mothers -- speak to their very young children.</span> <span data-start-time='38854' data-end-time='53729'>“We found for the first time that mothers shift their vocal timbre,” said Elise Piazza, a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University’s Neuroscience Institute.</span> <span data-start-time='53729' data-end-time='62229'>Timbre is what makes a sound appear different than words or music with the same pitch and loudness.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/baby_talk.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=9591 data-hint-location='53729' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/what_does_pitch_mean.m4a'>What does pitch mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='high or low sound'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/find_your_shoes.m4a'><span>find your shoes</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/speak_to_a_baby.m4a'><span>speak to a baby</span></div><div class='choice' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/longer_words.m4a'><span>longer words</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/lower_pitch.m4a'><span>lower pitch</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9593 data-hint-location='5146' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/adults_put_more_emphasis_on_certain__blank_.m4a'>Adults put more emphasis on certain <span class='blank'>vowels</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='vowels'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/phrases.m4a'><span>phrases</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2179/words.m4a'><span>words</span></div><div class='choice' 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