Structural development in the brain may predict the ability to learn foreign languages.
Brain mapping Photo: wikipedia.org
Have you wondered why others can pick up foreign languages so easily and you have such difficulty with the same task? A group of neuroscientists from University College London has uncovered a clue: fast language learners have developed different brain structures at different rates than slow language learners. Their findings, entitled “Brain structure predicts the learning of foreign speech,” determined that the capacity to differentiate sounds in a foreign language is linked to cerebral white matter. In accordance with their results, quick learners have more white matter and a less symmetrical brain than those who labor with foreign tongues.
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