Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language

McGovern scientists have found that conversation between an adult and a child appears to change the child’s brain. Photo: MIT

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Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language

McGovern scientists have found that conversation between an adult and a child appears to change the child’s brain. Photo: MIT

At the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, John Gabrieli’s lab is studying how exposure to language may influence brain function in children.

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