Large twin study suggests that language delay due more to nature than nurture

Monday, July 21, 2014 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

A study of 473 sets of twins followed since birth found twins have twice the rate of language delay as do single-born children. Moreover, identical twins have greater rates of language delay than do non-identical twins, strengthening the case for the heritability of language.

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