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Study finds that mother’s language choice has twice the impact on bilingual families
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research shows mothers have twice as much influence on language contact, calling into question traditional parenting advice. Parents who want to raise bilingual children have long been given advice to “follow a strict one parent, one language approach.” But a recent Concordia University study published in the journal Child Development found that bilingual Montreal families…
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Biology
Underestimated female tutors: Zebra finch mothers coach their sons to sing better
Female zebra finches play a far more active and crucial role in shaping their sons’ singing abilities than previously thought: They call in response to their son’s vocal exercises, which activates a neural circuit in the male brain. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53251-z In the world of zebra finches, males singing, and females were thought to just listen. But…
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