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6011980103SkinnerHe believed that language development follows the general principles of learning; association, imitation and reinforcement0
6011980104Noam ChomskyHe believed that we were all born with a "language acquisition device" in which grammar switches are thrown as children experience their language1
6011980105Jenny SaffranShe believed that before 1 year of age, infants are able to discern word breaks and statistically analyze which syllables most often go together2
6011980106Norman GeschwindHe believed that when we read aloud, the words register in the brain's visual area, relayed to the angular gyrus, which transforms them into an auditory code that is received and understood in Wernicke's area and sent to the Broca's area, which controls the motor cortex as it creates the pronounced word3
6011980107Benjamin WhorfHe believed that language shapes our thinking4
6011980108Wolfgang KöhlerHe demonstrated that chimpanzees also exhibit the "Aha!" reaction that characterizes reasoning by insight5
6011980109DescartesHe believed that animals were living robots that could not think6

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