Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children: study

Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by BurningFrog on Sunday May 12, 2019 @03:57PM (#19894154)

Thanks so much for injecting facts into this, and changing my view a bit!

My, now less certain views, were based on some article I read years ago where the peak ages for various fields were listed, and were quite further spread out. I especially remember that historians peak in their 60s!

Like someone says in your article "This myth, if you wish to call it a myth, is so prevalent that it's quite probable that there's some truth to it", but I'm now far less certain and flippant about. Thanks again!

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Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by philwelch on Sunday May 12, 2019 @07:29PM (#19895291)

> I especially remember that historians peak in their 60s!

I bet when you're old enough that you can see firsthand how perceptions of the same events change over time, you get a hell of a lot better at recognizing that in history.

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