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Lila Gleitman

Two Guys on Your Head

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Lila glitman was a developmental psychologist who really studied how kids learn words. She found that the structure of our language affects the way they learn words. Think about this, our brains change. What you think is in there isn't really in our minds or our brains. We don't have any idea why we're doing most of the things that were. But here's thei what is fascinating about linguist like lilaglitman: They come to understand the world based on inferences that they make through observation.

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