stackyFACTSThe heartbreaking case of Genie proved that your brain operates on strict, unforgiving deadlines.
The heartbreaking case of Genie proved that your brain operates on strict, unforgiving deadlines. Locked in a room for the first 13 years of her life with zero human contact, she was eventually rescued but could never fully master language. It turns out the human brain has a critical period for absorbing grammar, and if you miss that narrow window, the neurological hardware for sentence structure permanently shuts down.
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