This has to do with the ability of the brain to change itself, which is called brain plasticity.
Younger brains have a greater ability to change the way brain cells connect together than older brains. Brain plasticity is very important because it is how we learn things and make new memories.
Followingon from @krstyns comment, yes younger children have more brain pasiticity. but also as wel get older we renegerate our body cells less quickly.
There are theories that suggest that there is a ‘critical period’ for learning language, and this is before the age of about 7.
Studies show that if speak to babies, and you speak different words of different languages to them, they respond to every language equally. However, as they get older, they start to only respond to words from their own language, that the parents speak. So people think that everyone is born with an ability to learn any language, but they lose this ability as they get older, so that they learn only the language/languages that their parents speak to them daily.
It basically means that the cells of the brain can change the way they are connected together. This happens every time you learn something new and means that we are able to adapt to our environment and learn from experiences.
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This has to do with the ability of the brain to change itself, which is called brain plasticity.
Younger brains have a greater ability to change the way brain cells connect together than older brains. Brain plasticity is very important because it is how we learn things and make new memories.
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Followingon from @krstyns comment, yes younger children have more brain pasiticity. but also as wel get older we renegerate our body cells less quickly.
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There are theories that suggest that there is a ‘critical period’ for learning language, and this is before the age of about 7.
Studies show that if speak to babies, and you speak different words of different languages to them, they respond to every language equally. However, as they get older, they start to only respond to words from their own language, that the parents speak. So people think that everyone is born with an ability to learn any language, but they lose this ability as they get older, so that they learn only the language/languages that their parents speak to them daily.
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