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A study by researchers at the University of Chicago shows that children with brain lesions have difficulty developing storytelling skills even though other language abilities, such as vocabulary, tend to catch up as they mature.

The ability to tell a story is a more complex activity than learning words and sentence structure, the researchers note. Because that skill requires flexibility in using words, it may be more vulnerable to developmental delays than other aspects of language learning.

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