Do you speak more than one language! Congrats, because studies show that being able to speak in multiple languages is linked to being smarter! We invited
Alice Gillet, who is fluent in
English and
French, onto DNews to discuss why this is.
Follow Alice on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alice_gillet
Read More:
Being bilingual may slow down the brain aging process, says study
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/7893/20140602/being-bi-lingual-slows-brain-aging-study
.htm
"A new study has shown being bilingual is not just a trait that leads to a more well-rounded person, it actually may slow brain aging."
The
Cognitive Benefits of Being
Bilingual
http://www.ncbi
.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583091/
"
We are surrounded by language during nearly every waking moment of our lives."
How the
Brain Benefits From Being Bilingual
http://science.time.com/
2013/07/18/how-the-brain-benefits-from-being-bilingual/
"
Never mind how well spoken you might be now, you will never again be as adept with languages as the day you were born."
Learning second language 'slows brain ageing'
http://www
.bbc.com/news/health-27634990
"
Learning a second language can have a positive effect on the brain, even if it is taken up in adulthood, a
University of Edinburgh study suggests."
Speaking two languages benefits the aging brain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140602101204.htm
"New research reveals that bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life."
The Benefits of Being Bilingual
http://www.wired.com/
2012/05/the-benefits-of-being-bilingual/
"
Samuel Beckett, born in a suburb of
Dublin in
1906, was a native English speaker. However, in 1946
Beckett decided that he would begin writing exclusively in French."
The
Consequences of
Bilingualism for the
Mind and the Brain
http://psi.sagepub.com/content/10/3/i.full
"Until recently, research on language processing and its cognitive basis assumed that monolingual speakers were the model subjects of study and that English provided an adequate basis on which universal principles might be generalized."
Watch More:
Tips on Learning a
Foreign Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzdVbkN-1E
TestTube
Wild Card
http://testtube.com/dnews/dnews-364-whats-the-deal-with-genetically-modified?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=DNews&utm;_campaign=DNWC
The Universal Word
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhXGa83FgZg
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- published: 13 Jun 2014
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