The Word Weaver Game
Chapter 1

The physical remodel of your gray matter

Chapter 2

The bilingual cognitive shield

Chapter 3

The mental shift of multilingual minds

Chapter 4

The lifelong journey of the neural landscape

YOUR GOAL

Master of Your brain on bilingualism

Ch 4 · The lifelong journey of the neural landscape
D
duolingo

duolingo Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor acts as the molecular switch for learning.

2h ago

D
duolingo

duolingo The Neural Landscape

Every new word rewires your mind (rewires your mind!) / Watch the pathways align (oh, they align!)

13h ago

D
duolingo
Speaking ten languages actually requires less brain activity, not more.

13h ago

D
duolingo

duolingo University of Washington research on how babies hear languages

2h ago

D
duolingo
The molecular switch of learning

duolingo Glowing BDNF molecules sprinkle like fertilizer onto a network of growing brain cells.

13h ago

D
duolingo
The infant brain's universal ear

duolingo Neon neural circuits illuminate the universal ear inside a dark holographic infant brain.

13h ago

D
duolingo
The Word Weaver
BETA

duolingo Weave letters into new words to discover how learning a language rewires your brain.

2h ago

D
duolingo
Fun Fact

Universal babies: Human infants can hear the difference between all 800 possible speech sounds, but their brains discard this global ability by their first birthday.

13h ago

D
duolingo
Gossip

Which language would be hardest to learn?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

At what age do infants typically lose the ability to distinguish non-native speech sounds?

13h ago

D
duolingo

duolingo The scientific myth of the critical period in language learning

2h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

What is the function of the protein BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) in the brain?

13h ago

D
duolingo

duolingo MIT neuroscientists study how hyperpolyglot brains process multiple languages.

2h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

What does the 'critical period hypothesis' claim about language learning?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

Which brain region helps adults learn grammar rules faster than young children by using advanced analytical skills?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

What surprising pattern did MIT neuroscientists find in the brains of hyperpolyglots when processing familiar languages?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

What is a 'hyperpolyglot'?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

What is the name of the process where the infant brain discards unused connections to focus on native sounds?

13h ago

D
duolingo
Quiz

Approximately how many distinct speech sounds (phonemes) can a newborn baby distinguish?

13h ago