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Key takeaways from Why are adults so bad at learning new languages? We may be trying too hard

Despite the fact that adult brains are far more developed than children's, adults have a much harder time learning new languages.

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Children are better than adults at learning new language precisely because their prefrontal cortex is undeveloped. It seems that our advanced logical brains get in the way of the more basic intuitive forms of learning involved in language acquisition.
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