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Brain part may affect foreign language skills

Just can't manage to nail down the subjunctive tense in French or the difference between the Spanish verbs for "to be"? Blame your Heschl's gyrus - or at least your left one, anyway. That is a tiny part of the brain that appears to play an important role in how well adults can learn another language, a new study finds.

Full story at http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/08/arts/snvital.php

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