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Tool Use and Language in the Brain, Why Black Holes Get Bigger

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Is All This Talking Making Me Better at Final Fantasy 14?

The same human brain structures involved in tool use are also involved in language. And getting good at one skill can make you better at the other. Scientists figured this out by comparing people's brain activity when they used tools to their brain activity while they tried to understand complicated sentences. They found tons of overlap.

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