Did you know that MIT researchers found that if there's a critical period for language learning, it ends around 18, not 5 or 10 or whatever people often say?

And they're not even sure it's a biological shift at 18, noting that it could be the demands of adult life getting in the way.

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Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language

An MIT study suggests children remain skilled at learning language much longer than expected — up to the age of 17 or 18.

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