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Distracted Brains Better at Parsing Unfamiliar Languages: Study

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R. Allen Gardner, Who Taught Chimps to Sign, Dies at 91

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Baby Talk: Bat Pups Babble Like Human Infants

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Dialogue Improves Children’s Learning Abilities

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