Learning a Foreign Language: Improving Learning In Adults
- When adults try to learn a new language, they tend to rely on their prefrontal cortex (PFC).
- Growing evidence finds that learning can improve when the PFC “turns off” and allows the more primitive, less-familiarized non-declarative memory system to take lead.
- You can’t turn back time to become a child again, but there are ways to encourage your PFC to relax so that your non-declarative memory system can take the lead.
- Numerous studies find that short bouts of physical activity reduce prefrontal cortex activation. Listening to music or a shot of alcohol also helps.
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