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Why can some people speak dozens of languages? with Ev Fedorenko, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Why Babies and Children Can Learn Language So Easily?

Scientists know why babies and children can learn language so easily, and that it becomes more difficult as we get older. Why we lose the ability to learn languageas easily like a set very debated. There are some claims that am under developed executive abilities early on, maybe helpful later on. Studies suggest there is a drop in your ability to learn languages in a native way after huberty,. but there's only some accents that are affected by this.

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