For most of us, if you’re exposed to more than one language as a young child, it’s much easier to become fluent in those multiple languages, and the language skills stick with you much better than if you try to learn another language in adulthood. We often think of this feat in childhood as...
Nature and Nurture
Most of you have probably heard the phrase, “Nature vs. Nurture,” where scientists and philosophers have argued about what makes us who and what we are. Is it “nature” that determines who we become? Or, is it “nurture”? Nature here is our genes, our DNA that we inherited from our mother and father. This...
