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September 3, 2014
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ScienceLives Interview with Patricia Kuhl
At birth, children's brains are prepared to learn from social agents--other members in a group or society. New research findings also suggest this "social brain" helps a person's learning over his or her lifetime. But beyond learning social skills, Patricia Kuhl's research convinces her that social interaction can be used to acquire specific types of learning skills, such as for math and science. Studies of how children acquire language through live social communications are leading researchers to form new theories suggesting social interaction acts as a "gate" that triggers different types of learning.
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