Very young children use both sides of the brain to process language, while adults only use half – ZME Science

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Examples of individual activation maps in each of the age groups in the study.Image credits Elissa Newport.
Very young human brains use both their hemispheres to process language , a new paper reports. The study focused on computer imaging to see which parts of infants’ and young children’s brains handle such tasks. According to the findings, the whole brain pitches in, rather than a single hemis…

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