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Bilingualism May Keep Older Brains Nimble - 0 views
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Older adults who have spoken two languages since childhood are quicker at switching between cognitive tasks than single-language adults, a new study finds.
Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies | Talk Video | TED - 0 views
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Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another - by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.
Language and the Brain (BBC, 2004) - 0 views
Tongue-tied: When bilinguals switch languages involuntarily - 0 views
Radiolab: Episode #202: Musical Language - 0 views
Why all babies love peekaboo « Mind Hacks - 0 views
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Peekaboo is a game played over the world, crossing language and cultural barriers. Why is it so universal? Perhaps because it's such a powerful learning tool.
The birth of a word - 0 views
Genie Wiley - TLC Documentary (2003) - 0 views
Brains show signs of two bilingual roads - 0 views
The Benefits of Bilingualism - 0 views
There are two kinds of bilingual brain - 0 views
Being bilingual gives brains a boost - 0 views
Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability | Talk Video - 0 views
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Brené Brown studies human connection - our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity
The Mind in the World: Culture and the Brain - 1 views
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How the "outside" affects the "inside" is at the heart of many of the deepest psychological questions. In this fast-paced survey of research on how culture shapes cognition, Nalini Ambady examines the neural evidence for socio-cultural influences on thinking, judgment, and behavior. She does this by giving us numerous examples of group differences in core human capacities that are shaped by how "one's people" engage socially. I'm pleased to be able to share this piece with members of APS.
Give them a hand: Gesturing children perform well on cognitive tasks - 0 views
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Young children who use gestures outperform their peers in problem-solving tasks, says a new study. Children aged between two and five were asked to sort cards printed with colored shapes first by color, then by shape. Making this switch can be tricky but the study found that kids who gesture are more likely to make the mental switch and group the shapes accurately.