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How the brain learns to read: start by unlearning.

New research indicates that in order to learn to recognize words, children's brains may have to do some Lettersunlearning. Dr.

From chaos, order: is a toddler's distraction the key to early language learning?

The Los Angeles Times blogger Melissa Healy reports on an article in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science that poses this question: "is a toddler's lack of self-control key to early learning?"  Babies are born with their prefrontal cortex (that which enables us as adults to filter out distractions and keep on task) virtually undeveloped, and it is this lack of development that allows them to learn things quickly -- like language.  Their inability to pay attention me

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