At what point in a person's life does the development of language and attachment to others occur? When most people think about when language development and attachment to people occur, it is common to think of the early stages of a person's life. The videos “Secrets of the Wild Child” and “Patricia Kuhl: The Linguistic Genius of Babies” provide examples of how language development and attachment between people can be greatly influenced by the environment in which a child is raised and his age. the child learns the skills to interact. Imagine being isolated from all social interactions, all communication skills and forced to spend your life in a single room, tied to a potty. In "Secrets of the Wild Child", a young girl named Genie faced this type of isolation until she was found at the age of thirteen. Genie had no interaction and developed no ability to communicate. It was as if Genie was a "wild child" based on the behaviors she expressed due to her lack of ability to communicate. Babies and young infants not only need to hear the language they are trying to learn, but also need a human presence in order to understand and learn the language they are being taught. (Patricia Kuhl: The Linguistics of Baby Geniuses, 2010). Because Genie was so neglected from a young age, she never participated in any type of communication or heard enough of the language to learn it. The goal of the research done on Genie was to find out if she would be able to learn communication skills or develop personal attachments since she missed the normal developmental window for a child to learn such tasks. She was taught the language later in life, but wasn't able to really develop it. This evidence suggests... middle of article... his ability to learn them later in life since his brain could no longer learn in the way best suited for these abilities to mature properly. References Garmon, L. (Director). (1994). Sercerts of the Wild Child [Animated film]. Griggs, R.A. (2012). Developmental psychology. In R. A. Griggs, Psychology: a concise introduction (pp. 253-268). New York: Worth Publishers. Hermann, D. (1998). Helen Keller: A Life. In D. Hermann, Helen Keller: A Life (pp. 45-46). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kringelbach, M. (October 21, 2010). The importance of childhood: Our emotional brains are shaped by social interactions during early childhood. Nature 467, pages 918-919. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/467918aPatricia Kuhl: The Linguistics of Baby Genius (2010). [Cinematographic film]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html