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Can’t learn a foreign language? Not true, say scientists

Can’t learn a foreign language? Not true, say scientists

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The brain can learn a new word in less than 15 minutes, according to scientists, whose finding will rob many of the excuse that they can’t learn a foreign language. All one needs to do is listen to a word 160 times over that period, found Cambridge neuroscientists.

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Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Research
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To Stave Off Alzheimer’s, Learn a Language?

To Stave Off Alzheimer’s, Learn a Language?

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Even late in life, picking up a new tongue can slow effects of aging, expert says.

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Neurolinguistics, Research
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Language Essential For Understanding Large Numbers

Language Essential For Understanding Large Numbers

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Without Language, Large Numbers Don’t Add Up

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Neurolinguistics, Research
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Babies Process Language in a Grown-Up Way

Babies Process Language in a Grown-Up Way

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Babies, even those too young to talk, can understand many of the words that adults are saying — and their brains process them in a grown-up way.

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Language Acquisition, Research
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Children in Formal Child Care Have Better Language Skills, Norwegian Study Finds

Children in Formal Child Care Have Better Language Skills, Norwegian Study Finds

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Fewer children who attend regular formal centre- and family-based child care at 1.5 years and 3 years of age were late talkers compared with children who are looked after at home by a parent, child-carer or in an outdoor nursery.

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Language Acquisition, Research
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Interactive: How a Toddler Learns to Talk.

Interactive: How a Toddler Learns to Talk.

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An interactive visualization provides a look into the most complete record of a single child’s speech development ever created. The data has been organized to show the age of the child when he spoke each of his first 400 words.

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Language Acquisition, Research
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