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If you want big improvements, she said, chew gum. Gum? Sure enough, chewing gum has been shown to improve a person's immediate recall of learned words by some 24 percent. Long-term…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… gum memory
A related notion is that when you really know a language, you think in it. In fact, the brain doesn't think in any language. What people refer to as "thinking in a language" comes …
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… language
What you see and hear is a situation in which languages are less like apples — neat and discrete — and more like oatmeal. It's always been oatmeal in India, and all the varieties o…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… india language multilingualism
Why are there more male hyperpolyglots? One answer is that speaking a lot of languages is a geek macho thing (...) It seemed that a woman is less likely to say she "speaks" or "kno…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… language
Possible explanations for talented language learning fall into two general areas. One view says: What matters is a person's sense of mission and dedication to language learning. Yo…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… language linguistics
One difference is that individuals living in multilingual communities seem to settle on an optimal cognitive load. The hyperpolyglot possesses a similar patchwork of linguistic pro…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… language
Some studies of successful language learners have suggested that they're more "open to new experiences" than the rest of us. Temptingly, psychologist Alexander Guiora proposed that…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… accents language
One of the first things to understand was how people knew what language to speak to whom. Where I've lived in the American Southwest, choosing to speak English or Spanish based on …
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… language multilingualism
The fact that early languages, no matter how many there are, utilize the same streams implies that the brain doesn't have a native language. The brain can only reflect the fact tha…
Michael Erard Babel No More: The Search for the World'… brain language linguistics

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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
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