Being bilingual is more than just having the ability to converse with a wider range of people；it also makes you smarter, according to an article on the New York Times. The article says that in a ...

The good news is that it is never too late to start learning a new language, if you want your brain to benefit. A study from ...

Two views of bilinguals are compared, a monolingual (or fractional) view whereby bilinguals are considered as two monolinguals in one person, and a holistic view which states that bilinguals have ...

When bilinguals interact with other bilinguals who know the same languages, they may well intermingle their languages through code-switching or borrowing. Code-switching—the shift from one ...

In addition, bilinguals showed the effect for cross-language competitors as well (for example clock, clavo) – giving an overall memory advantage.

How bilinguals switch between languages Date: May 20, 2013 Source: Association for Psychological Science Summary: Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth ...

Bilinguals have an improved attentional control, study suggests Date: September 9, 2016 Source: University of Birmingham Summary: Researchers from the United Kingdom have shed light onto the ...

In a recent study of 44 elderly Spanish-English bilinguals, scientists led by the neuropsychologist Tamar Gollan of the University of California, San Diego, found that individuals with a higher ...