FeaturedNeuroscience·April 22, 2020·2 min readBilingualism 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·February 13, 2020·3 min readCan 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
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 16, 2020·3 min readBeing 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, 2019·3 min readWhat 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, 2019·3 min readDiverse 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, 2019·3 min readBabies 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
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 21, 2019·3 min readResearch rules out mental flexibility, attention as advantages for some bilingual childrenWhile learning a second language has positive benefits for children, there is little evidence that bilingual children have more advanced executive function or improved attention over those who are monolingual.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 16, 2018·4 min readBeing 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, 2017·3 min readBrain Treats Dialect As LanguageA new study reports the brain treats language and different dialects in the same way.Read More