Jun 22, 2022
For those of us who speak only one language, the idea of
learning twenty or thirty sounds impossible. But there are
“hyperpolyglots” who have managed this remarkable feat. Evelina
Fedorenko, PhD, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
discusses what sets polyglots apart and what scientists might learn
from studying them. She also discusses how language is processed in
the brain, why it’s so much easier for kids to learn languages than
adults, the relationship between language and thought and how we
can think without language, and more.
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