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Why the baby brain can learn two languages at the same time

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imageHow do babies learn language?Irene Zaccari, CC BY-NC-ND

Any adult who has attempted to learn a foreign language can attest to how difficult and confusing it can be. So when a three-year-old growing up in a bilingual household inserts Spanish words into his English sentences, conventional wisdom assumes that he is confusing the two languages.

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