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Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia?

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 13, 2020

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...

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Linguistics: The pronunciation paradox

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 8, 2020

Second language learners can hear pronunciation errors fellow learners make but tend to overestimate the quality of their own pronunciation.... Read More...

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Being bilingual may protect from cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2020

Bilingual multiple sclerosis patients score better than those who are monolingual in cognitive tests.... Read More...

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What multilingual nuns can tell us about dementia

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 13, 2019

While 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...

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Diverse linguistic environment boosts brain sensitivity to new learning

Neuroscience NewsAugust 30, 2019

Living in a linguistically diverse environment helps promote more effective learning of new languages for monolingual people.... Read More...

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Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity

Neuroscience NewsJune 29, 2019

By 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...

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Being Bilingual May Help Autistic Children

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2018

McGill researchers reveal being bilingual may benefit children on the autism spectrum when it comes to executive function.... Read More...

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Brain Treats Dialect As Language

Neuroscience NewsNovember 6, 2017

A new study reports the brain treats language and different dialects in the same way.... Read More...

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The Bilingual Brain Calculates Differently Depending on the Language Used

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 14, 2017

A 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...

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Bilingual Children Are Better at Recognizing Voices

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2017

According to researchers, bilingual children perform better at voice recognition and processing than monolingual children.... Read More...

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Brain “Reads” Sentences the Same in English and Portuguese

Neuroscience NewsNovember 4, 2016

Researchers report that when the brain "reads" or decodes a sentence in English or Portuguese, its neural activation patterns are the same.... Read More...

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Better Cognitive Function After Stroke For Bilingual Patients

Neuroscience NewsNovember 19, 2015

A new study reports bilingual patients are twice as likely to have normal cognitive function following a stroke than a person who speaks only one language.... Read More...

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Can bilingualism protect the brain even with early stages of dementia?

Linguistics: The pronunciation paradox

Being bilingual may protect from cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis

What multilingual nuns can tell us about dementia

Diverse linguistic environment boosts brain sensitivity to new learning

Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity

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Better Cognitive Function After Stroke For Bilingual Patients