Cognitive neuroscience

A Haitian child who will be placed for adoption sleeps in his crib at an orphanage outside of Port-au-Prince.

There may be languages lurking in your unconscious mind

Science

The words you hear as an infant can alter your brain in ways that stick with you as an adult, even if you can’t consciously recall the language you heard. Canadian researchers found traces of Chinese in the brain activity of kids who were adopted as infants from China.

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