On Social interaction at a young age

Switching languages has advantages beyond language itself For children.


Social interaction effective for learning while not through a television screen.

That is from an interview I heard on a recent NPR /WNYC podcast. However, I recently read this New Yorker article about robots being tested out in clinical trials where they would function to encourage patients on a course of rehabilitation. It also turned out that human -like robots were involved with higher success rates as opposed to people being encouraged through a voice in a television screen.

Types of programs included people retraining an injured arm or Alzhrimer's patients keeping memory sharp.


Per the WNYC interview:
Born w max neurons but through your life, connections get formed and pruned