@cheese_greater to [email protected] • 1 year agoIf I'm over 25, is it still too late for me to "learn" French or can I just watch French sitcoms for like a year and be up-to-speed?message-square52arrow-up1120arrow-down116
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareIf I'm over 25, is it still too late for me to "learn" French or can I just watch French sitcoms for like a year and be up-to-speed?@cheese_greater to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square52
minus-square@adam_ylinkEnglish14•1 year agoSure, but just to be clear, it’s about the brain plasticity and diminishing returns. That stuff just isn’t true. Here’s what the British academy has to say on the subject: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/review/30/neural-plasticity-dont-fall-for-hype/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoSounds like you’re agreeing with GP that “it’s all babble”.
Sure, but just to be clear, it’s about the brain plasticity and diminishing returns. That stuff just isn’t true.
Here’s what the British academy has to say on the subject:
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/review/30/neural-plasticity-dont-fall-for-hype/
Sounds like you’re agreeing with GP that “it’s all babble”.