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 ...

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 ...

A new study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex suggests people who speak two languages have more gray matter in the executive control region of the brain.

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 ...