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The Brain and Language: How Our Brains Communicate · Frontiers for Young Minds - 0 views

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    This article talks about how our brain works while acquiring language and using language. As we grow and out brain grows, different parts of our brain lights up as we age.
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The Costs of Code-Switching - 1 views

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    This article talks about the possible costs of code-switching. In the article, they talk about how people of color, mostly black people, are most likely to code-switch because it allows them to steer away from the negative stereotypes in-bedded in different racial groups and increases their likelihood of being hired. However, they find that code-switching can cause a professional dilemma; Suppress their cultural identity or sacrifice their job to be themselves?
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There's a science behind baby talk - and why everyone does it : NPR - 0 views

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    This article talked about how adults talk to babies and why we do it. When we talk to babies, we tend to raise our pitch a little and supposedly, it calms the baby down. They also talked about a research project where they recorded adults from different parts of the world, and noticed that those who come from western places raised their pitch the most, and in remote places didn't raise their pitch that much but everyone raised their pitch at least a little. The way we talk to babies is universal and we've evolved as humans to be able to communicate with infants.
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Our Language Affects What We See - Scientific American - 1 views

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    This article reminded me of the TedTalk we watched with Lindsay Morcom because it talked about how in Russian, they describe different shades of blue in different words just like how in Indigenous language, they do the same. The article talks about how languages can change your perception of the world.
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