Learning language with the wrong neural scaffolding: the cost of neural commitment to sounds

Does tuning to one's native language explain the “sensitive period” for language learning? We explore the idea that tuning to (or becoming more selective for) the properties of one's native-language could result in being less open (or plastic) for tuning to the properties of a new language...

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Main Authors: Hudson Kam, Carla L., Ettlinger, Marc, Vytlacil, Jason, D'Esposito, Mark, Finn, Amy Sue
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/82932
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7717-3562