Your brain wires itself to match your native language
Wiring patterns seem to reflect grammatical characteristics specific to different languages
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Language isn’t just the words we say, it’s who we are — literally. New research hints that our native languages shape the network of white matter that connects and speeds communication between language-processing parts of the brain.
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