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From the article: Some primates can delay gratification, along with dogs, albeit inconsistently. Corvids, too, have passed the marshmallow test. Having had a
by goodcanadian 6y ago
From the article:
Some primates can delay gratification, along with dogs, albeit inconsistently. Corvids, too, have passed the marshmallow test.
Having had a couple of human children, I would definitely not claim that they are anything but extremely clever, but then so are many primates, dogs, and corvids.
- emilecantin 6y agoYes. Children are literally little humans. They have enormous brainpower, they just lack the experience they need to use it properly.
- rbanffy 6y agoThat and their brains are insanely malleable. As someone who contemplated learning Irish as an adult, I have to say that their brains can do things ours simply can't. And I learned Hungarian (and Portuguese) as a kid.
- OrbitRock 6y agoAdults can actually learn language much more quickly then children in my opinion. The only issue is that there’s a critical window in there that shapes your accent.