FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 5, 2020Bilingualism delays the brain’s aging processA new study reports bilingualism may have a positive effect on brain aging, specifically when it comes to executive function. The findings of this study contradict other research, suggesting bilingualism does have a protective effect against cognitive decline in aging. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 22, 2020Bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’Speaking more than one language does not improve a person's general mental ability. However, while there is no cognitive advantage to being bilingual, there are broader social and lifestyle benefits that come from speaking multiple languages. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 8, 2020Bilingualism Delays the Onset of Alzheimer’s SymptomsPeople who spoke two or more languages proficiently were, on average, four years older at the onset of Alzheimer's disease than those who were monolingual. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·February 13, 2020Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia?While being bilingual delays the onset of dementia, the decline into full-blown Alzheimer's disease is more rapid in those who speak two or more languages than in monolingual people. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 8, 2020Linguistics: The pronunciation paradoxSecond language learners can hear pronunciation errors fellow learners make but tend to overestimate the quality of their own pronunciation. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 16, 2020Being bilingual may protect from cognitive decline in multiple sclerosisBilingual multiple sclerosis patients score better than those who are monolingual in cognitive tests. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·September 13, 2019What multilingual nuns can tell us about dementiaWhile being multilingual did not delay the onset of dementia for those at risk, nuns who spoke four or more languages were significantly less likely to develop dementia than those who spoke just one language. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 30, 2019Diverse linguistic environment boosts brain sensitivity to new learningLiving in a linguistically diverse environment helps promote more effective learning of new languages for monolingual people. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 29, 2019Babies can learn link between language and ethnicityBy eleven months, infants hold language dependent expectations of a speaker's ethnicity. The study suggests babies make connections between languages based on the individuals they encounter in their environments. Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 16, 2018Being Bilingual May Help Autistic ChildrenMcGill researchers reveal being bilingual may benefit children on the autism spectrum when it comes to executive function. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 6, 2017Brain Treats Dialect As LanguageA new study reports the brain treats language and different dialects in the same way. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2017The Bilingual Brain Calculates Differently Depending on the Language UsedA new study reports mathematical processes in the brain are influenced by language. Studying bilingual people, researchers discovered cognitive 'extra effort' is required for solving math problems when presented in the second language. Read More
