by Christine Kenneally BH | Jul 13, 2007 | Infants, Languages
In the last five years a lot of evidence has emerged about the abilities of babies, and indeed the abilities of monkeys, to make subtle judgments about language. For example, human babies and tamarin monkeys can tell one language from another based upon its rhythm....
by Christine Kenneally BH | Jun 27, 2007 | ASPM, Genes, Languages, Microcephalin, Populations, Tone
Two variants of the genes ASPM and Microcephalin may make it easier to learn tone languages. If you have the tone-versions, as do most speakers of Chinese (and other languages such as those found in South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa), you may be more adept at...
