Older adults have a harder time discriminating other languages, then their own. When babies reach the age of one their ability to recognize the sounds decrease. This was proven during a two-month time period when researchers were studying children that were American and Japanese where sound development was occurring. When speaking to the babies, they listen very closely to the way adults speak and take statistics. When the babies absorb the statistics of the language, it changes their brains and makes them more
Older adults have a harder time discriminating other languages, then their own. When babies reach the age of one their ability to recognize the sounds decrease. This was proven during a two-month time period when researchers were studying children that were American and Japanese where sound development was occurring. When speaking to the babies, they listen very closely to the way adults speak and take statistics. When the babies absorb the statistics of the language, it changes their brains and makes them more