Language use also lags for twins, and language--but not gesture--is also affected by sex, with girls performing better than boys, Ozcaliskan said. "The implications are fascinating," said Ozcaliskan.

For twins, gesture and speech go hand-in-hand in language development Twins lag behind single children in both early gesturing and language Peer-Reviewed Publication Georgia State University ...

Results: The findings showed that twins performed worse than singletons in language development. Twin girls had better scores than twin boys.

Gestures--such as pointing or waving--go hand in hand with a child's first words, and twins lag behind single children in producing and using those gestures, two studies from Georgia State ...

Early language acquisition in twins is very crucial to the development of their individual identities and their twin identities.

We used the twin method to investigate genetic and environmental influences on a key index of language development in two-year-olds, productive vocabulary 14.

A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth found that compared to single-born children, 47 percent of 24-month-old identical twins had language delay compared to 31 percent of non-identical ...

A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth found twins have twice the rate of language delay as do single-born children. Moreover, identical twins have greater rates of language delay than ...

The genetic and environmental etiologies of diverse aspects of language ability and disability, including articulation, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and verbal memory, were investigated in a U.K.

Data from a longitudinal study involving 4 -- year old twins has shown that genetic factors appear to influence individual differences in language development among children. Additionally, it was ...

(Medical Xpress)—A world first study of language development in toddler twins confirms the widely held belief that twins start to talk later than single-born children.