The newest example of Critical Period Hypothesis is a case associated with a girl nicknamed Genie.
In 1970, Genie was found by social workers in Los Angeles, California.
She was severely neglected and abused which caused her to be extremely developmentally delayed.
Although Genie was 13 when the social workers found her, they had believed she was between five or six years old due to her lack of development.
From the age of 20 months until 13 years old, Genie had been locked in a dark room alone and tied to a potty chair. Some nights she was left in that position, others she was tied into a sleeping bag or to the side of her crib.
She never was socialized or even spoken to by her parents.
When Genie was found she could not walk correctly, eat properly, or speak in any language, except short phrases such as, 'stop it' and 'no more'.
Genie was admitted into Children's Hospital in Los Angeles; where specialists started to take care of her and started to try and teach her how to speak.
After being in the hospital for several months, Genie learned around a hundred words.
Genie learned individual words, she was never able to correctly use grammar or put the words together to make meaningful sentences.
After testing was done it was confirmed that she was not mentally ill and that her difficulties were formed because of being neglected for such a long time.
The final testing on Genie's brain showed that her left side of her brain, which accounts for language, was not working.
The tests of her brain looked similar to ones of children whose left hemispheres had been removed.
These results were because her left hemisphere had never been used until the age of 13, after it lost its ability to learn language.
This explained why she had such difficulty learning a language.
Today Genie is in an adult foster care home in Southern California and is 55 years old.
In conclusion, Genie is mostly a right hemisphere thinker because of the setback and inability to use her left hemisphere due to critical period hypothesis.
The newest example of Critical Period Hypothesis is a case associated with a girl nicknamed Genie.In 1970, Genie was found by social workers in Los Angeles, California.She was severely neglected and abused which caused her to be extremely developmentally delayed.Although Genie was 13 when the social workers found her, they had believed she was between five or six years old due to her lack of development.From the age of 20 months until 13 years old, Genie had been locked in a dark room alone and tied to a potty chair. Some nights she was left in that position, others she was tied into a sleeping bag or to the side of her crib.She never was socialized or even spoken to by her parents.When Genie was found she could not walk correctly, eat properly, or speak in any language, except short phrases such as, 'stop it' and 'no more'.Genie was admitted into Children's Hospital in Los Angeles; where specialists started to take care of her and started to try and teach her how to speak.After being in the hospital for several months, Genie learned around a hundred words.Genie learned individual words, she was never able to correctly use grammar or put the words together to make meaningful sentences.After testing was done it was confirmed that she was not mentally ill and that her difficulties were formed because of being neglected for such a long time.The final testing on Genie's brain showed that her left side of her brain, which accounts for language, was not working.The tests of her brain looked similar to ones of children whose left hemispheres had been removed.These results were because her left hemisphere had never been used until the age of 13, after it lost its ability to learn language.This explained why she had such difficulty learning a language.Today Genie is in an adult foster care home in Southern California and is 55 years old.In conclusion, Genie is mostly a right hemisphere thinker because of the setback and inability to use her left hemisphere due to critical period hypothesis.
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