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·September 10, 2016·4 min read

Bilingual People Have Improved Attention Control

Bilingual people may have a cognitive advantage when it comes to maintaining attention and focus, a new study reports.

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·May 2, 2017·4 min read

Language Shapes How the Brain Perceives Time

A new study reports bilingual people think about time differently depending on the language context they are estimating event duration.

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·January 18, 2019·2 min read

No Link Between Bilingualism in Children and More Focus

Contrary to popular belief, bilingual children do not have an advantage over monolingual children when it comes to attention and executive function, a new study reports.

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·November 19, 2015·3 min read

Better Cognitive Function After Stroke For Bilingual Patients

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.

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·April 11, 2022·6 min read

Foreign Languages Slow Down Brain Aging

Bilingualism can slow and mitigate the course of age-related changes in the brain.

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·November 3, 2023·7 min read

Color Concepts: How Bilingualism Influences Color Perception

Researchers discovered that the way we perceive and describe colors is influenced by the languages we speak. In a study with the Tsimane’ society from the Bolivian Amazon, bilingual individuals who learned Spanish as a second language began distinguishing colors differently than monolingual Tsimane’ speakers.

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·October 18, 2017·4 min read

Dutch Courage: Alcohol Improves Foreign Language Skills

Bilingual people show improved ability to speak in their second language after consuming alcohol, a new study reports.

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·May 9, 2017·4 min read

Tell Me What Languages You Know and I’ll Tell You How You Read

Findings could have positive implications for education and teaching bilingual children how to read.

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·June 20, 2017·5 min read

Human Voices Are Unique, But We’re Not That Good at Recognizing Them

When it comes to recognizing different human voices, people often have a very hard time, researchers report.

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·November 21, 2023·4 min read

Bilingual Brains Show Enhanced Attentional Control

Speaking two languages may improve attentional control and information filtering. Researchers examined how bilingual and monolingual individuals process incoming information.