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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Michael Di Martino

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Brain activity in infants predicts langauge outcomes in autism spectrum disorder - 0 views

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    This article delves into the "language-sensitive brain regions," and how they differ between kids with ASD that go on to being adequate/superb English speakers and those who hardly speak at all.
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A new path to English language learning - 0 views

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    This article glazes over the concept of "genre-based writing," and how to affects English language learning amongst ESL students.
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How arbitrary is language? English words structured to help kids learn - 0 views

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    Words in the English language are structured to help children learn, according to research. Words like "woof" accurately represent the sound of a dog while sounds with similar meanings may have a similar structure, such as the "sl" sound at the beginning of a word often has negative properties as in "slime, slur, slum, slug."
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A dominant hemisphere for handedness and language? - 3 views

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    Through an innovative approach using a large psychometric and brain imaging database, researchers have demonstrated that the location of language areas in the brain is independent of left- or right-handedness, except for a very small proportion of left-handed individuals whose right hemisphere is dominant for both manual work and language.
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