frizbplaya t1_j33riqf wrote on January 5, 2023 at 9:13 PM

Reply to comment by iohognbdfh in Americans are finding almost everything more acceptable these days [OC] by pncohen

The US is only 79% literate, so I'm just going to chalk this up to those people guessing.

frizbplaya t1_isxdtxp wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:13 PM

Reply to comment by AnakinMalfoy in TIL Critical Periods: Periods of time where an organism's brain is extremely malleable and sensitive to stimuli. If the organism doesn't receive the appropriate stimulus during this critical period to learn a given skill- it maybe difficult or even impossible to develop certain associated functions by electroctopus

Possibly. There are stronger critical periods, like learning how to process vision with two eyes. A second language is a lot more debatable. It's easier to become fluent when you learn at a young age, but some adult learners become fluent so there's not necessarily a critical period where you can no longer learn a second language.

There's a whole section about second language in the article that is worth reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period#Second_language_acquisition