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English has still a much higher cognitive overhead for me compared to my native language (I started learning at 15). Cognitive specialization in early years is real
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As a native English speaker, I would have said “English still has...”
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I think word order does not involve any cognitive overhead. But getting the words in the first place incurs the overhead.
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IIRC synapses are significantly pruned in our brains around ~10-12 years of age, and this actually _increases_ language performance in our mother tongue, while degrading performance and adaptability to other languages. A bit like burning-in learned patterns.
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In fact, excessive brain pruning in teens can lead to schizophrenia:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2075495-overactive-brain-pruning-in-teens-could-cause-schizophrenia/ …
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I started learning French as a kid by equating the text on the English vs. French sides of my cereal boxes. Later on, by playing team sports. And then ... I didn't speak French outside of school for 10+ years. My French is fluent today. I work mostly French. Can confirm.
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If you use mostly English in your day-to-day (e.g., at home, in your reading), after a few years French will have a higher cognitive overhead for you compared to English.
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I hv been speaking English predominantly in day to day life from past 12 years.Non native English speaker.Still has higher congnitive overhead. In fact,I learnt another language as a child along with English which I am not speaking much now.i find that cognitively easier thn eng
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