BBC R4 - Inside Science, Switching senses - Undermining the critical period? - 1 views
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Daniel Barber on 07 Feb 14The Age Myth about L2 learning gets another bashing. Turns out the original experiments that helped establish the notion of a critical period for eyesight may be short-sighted! Patrick Kanold, from the University of Maryland: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/02/05/272092118/seeing-less-helps-the-brain-hear-more