Babies’ Attention Boosted by Bilingual Home

Apr 25, 2020 by

A new study from Anglia Ruskin University in the UK has found that infants from bilingual homes pay attention to new information faster than other children. The research was published in the journal Royal Society Open Science....

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Being bilingual may delay Alzheimer’s

Mar 10, 2020 by

A new study by York University has found evidence that being bilingual may delay the symptoms of dementia. Sadly, once Alzheimer’s develops, it progresses much faster in people who are bilingual because the disease becomes more severe....

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Being bilingual may help autistic children

Jan 28, 2018 by

Although children on the autism spectrum typically have difficulty switching from one task to another, a new study found that being bilingual might make it easier for them to do so....

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Bilingual babies have increased activity in executive function regions...

Jun 9, 2016 by

Babies raised in bilingual homes show brain activity indicating executive function as early as 11 months....

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Kids learn two languages as easily as one

Aug 25, 2013 by

For adults, learning another language can require tons and tons of practice. But new research indicates that despite the complexity of learning two languages at once, children pick them up quite easily....

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