videos tagged acquisition
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2007
Mar
2007
language, child, psychology, genie, feral, children, acquisition, isolation, abuse, research, linguistics
This is the story of a little girl named Genie who was found in the early 1970s living in a small bedroom, tied to a potty chair. The story is heartbreaking, but provides not only evidence for the so-called "critical period" for language acquisition, but also stands as a warning for researchers who lose perspective with their human subjects.
