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·January 5, 2026·5 min read

Multilingualism Calculator Reveals True Language Strengths

A new study introduces a multilingualism calculator that quantifies how multilingual a person truly is, offering a clearer alternative to vague labels like “bilingual.” By combining age of acquisition with self-rated listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills across languages, the tool generates both a multilingualism score and a language-dominance profile.

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·September 3, 2023·2 min read

Top 5 Neuroscience Discoveries of the Week – September 3, 2023

This week in neuroscience, we've seen groundbreaking advancements ranging from a diet that can potentially extend lifespan without calorie restriction, to a new drug that could revolutionize obesity treatment.

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·August 27, 2023·6 min read

Bilingual Brain Boost: How Knowing Two Languages Enhances Memory and Prediction

Could being bilingual make you better at predicting words and enhancing memory? A new study reveals that bilingual individuals have a unique advantage when it comes to memory retention and word prediction, due to the "competing words" effect.

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·April 7, 2023·5 min read

In Bilingual Readers, the Visual Cortex Processes Latin and Chinese Characters Differently

In people who are bilingual in English and Chinese, certain cortical areas react specifically to Chinese ideograms and appear to be involved in facial recognition processing.

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·November 3, 2021·5 min read

Bilingualism Comes Naturally to Our Brains

Language switching comes naturally for bilingual people as their brains have a mechanism that does not detect a switch in language, allowing for a seamless transition in comprehending more than one language at once.

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·April 1, 2021·6 min read

Multilingual People Have an Advantage Over Those Fluent in Only Two Languages

Multilingual people have similar brain activation to that of bilingual people, but the activation is much more sensitive and a lot faster.

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·March 23, 2021·3 min read

Babies Prefer Baby Talk, Whether They’re Learning One Language or Two

Whether an infant is monolingual or exposed to two languages, researchers found they prefer to listen to an adult indulging in baby-talk.

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·January 25, 2021·2 min read

Growing up in a Bilingual Home Has Lasting Benefits

Children who grow up in a bilingual household are quicker at shifting their attention and faster at detecting visual changes than adults who learned a second language later in life.

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·December 9, 2020·4 min read

Brains Work Harder While Processing Descriptions of Motion in Other Languages

Our brains work harder to process information when we read about movement in a way that is not typical of our native languages.

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·October 9, 2020·3 min read

Why Are Some Bilingual People Dyslexic in English but Not Their Other Language?

The characteristics of language structure and writing system may explain why some bilingual people are dyslexic in English, but not in their other proficient language.