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Learning a Foreign Language

Stuff You Should Know

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The Evolution of Language Learning

FMRI scans have shown that when kids are learning their language, both hemispheres of the brain go wild. This underscores the idea that there is some sort of innate ability or desire to learn languages. I think it's like it's got to be evolutionary because it's a survival thing. Like you have to learn that language to know how to survive the world that you're born into.

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