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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Nilima Marshall

Could talking to toddlers be the key to early brain development?

The more you talk to a toddler, the more it helps their brains to develop in early childhood, a study has found.

Researchers discovered that two-and-a-half-year-olds who heard more speech in everyday life had more myelin in language-related areas of their brains.

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