Jun 13, 2016
Genes, brain structure influence second language learning: study
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: genetics, neuroscience
Very insightful for my deep mind/ neuro mapping friends.
If you have trouble learning a new language as an adult, maybe you can blame your genes and brain structure, a U.S. study suggested Monday.
The study by researchers at the University of Washington showed that genetic variations of the so-called COMT gene and a measure of the strength of the brain’s communications network — known as “white matter”— jointly accounted for 46 percent of the reason for why some college students performed better than others in the second language class.
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