title: Language and its biological context.
abstract: All reasonably functioning newborn humans learn any native language effortlessly. No other species can learn human language even with effort. Such facts indicate that young humans are similar in ways which match them to properties shared by the set of natural languages. We would expect some similarities to be found in the baby's brain and others in the surrounding environment.
authors.affiliation: MRC Cognitive Development Unit, London, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008960:Models, Psychological