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How Sleep Helps Children Learn and Remember New Words

Clip: Season 47 Episode 4 | 4m 22s Video has closed captioning.

To measure the brain’s ability to form completely new memories, researchers teach kids made-up words for novel objects.

Aired: 02/26/20

Rating: NR

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