Tag: brain
Bilingual Brains More Agile
Bilingual speakers have more “plastic” brains than do people who speak only one language, according to two recent studies conducted by researchers at Israel’s...
Brain Acts the Same Whatever the Language
Over decades, neuroscientists have created a well-defined map of the brain’s “language network,” or the regions of the brain that are specialized for processing...
New Key to Fluctuating Language Ability?
For years, the brain has been thought of as a biological computer that processes information through traditional circuits, whereby data zips straight from one...
Fun Language Apps Boost Senior Brain Function
Bilingualism has been linked to improved executive function and delayed onset of dementia, but it is unknown whether similar benefits can be obtained later...
Learn a New Language to Boost Brain Activity
A new study, published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, shows that studying a new language boosts brain activity, which then reduces as language skills...
Study Shows Brain’s Innate Capacity for Reading
The human brain is predisposed to visualizing words, even before individuals acquire literacy, according to a team of researchers at Ohio State University.
Their paper,...
Multilingual Matters
The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language which is one of the authorities regulating and preserving the changes that occur in the ...
The Eyes Tell All
MIT study shows eye movements reveal linguistic fluency
Tracing the eye movements of someone as they read in a second language may be able to...
Massive Study Confirms Teens’ Grammar Expertise
After years of research suggesting that the “critical period” to learn ends before the age of 10, an enormous new study of well over...
Adult-Acquired Bilingualism Benefits the Aging Brain
New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Findings published in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the...
Tonal Languages Use Both Sides of the Brain
Language learning and processing is usually dominated by the left side of the brain, which is adept at tasks that involve logic and analytical...
