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Re: Languages and the brain

Hydra #173979 02/24/08 04:49 AM

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The Pook

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The Pook

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Originally Posted By: Hydra
>virtually impossible for an "old" brain to learn a new language

But people do learn languages as an adult, and become very proficient. I've met some of them!

Alexander the Great was said to be able to learn a new language in several weeks. He was only in his early thirties when he died though.

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