QotW - What language do deaf people think in?

Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists

English - January 28, 2019 00:00 - 3 minutes - 3.57 MB - ★★★★ - 1 rating
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Bree asked: If a person is born completely deaf and can't hear a thing, what language do they think in? We asked Dr Mairead MacSweeney, director of the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists