Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New science explains why children outlearn AI in language—and what it means for tech, childhood, and the future of learning.

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Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been a central framework for understanding how children grow and learn. His model describes development through four sequential stages: sensorimotor, ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...