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How Language-Learning Boosts the Brain

Feb 28, 2019 by

New research out of Switzerland has shown that students who seriously committed to learning a new language had growth in several areas of the brain. The hippocampus, which is associated with learning and spatial navigation, and the outmost layer...

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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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SSRIs during pregnancy linked to child’s language and speech disorders...

Dec 7, 2016 by

New findings published in JAMA Psychiatry indicate that children born to mothers who took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors while pregnant may be at greater risk for speech and language disorders....

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Language acquisition enhances brain plasticity and capacity for learning...

Nov 7, 2016 by

New research using EEGs has found that the more foreign languages a person learns, the faster their brain responds and processes the data it absorbs during learning....

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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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Direct stimulation to brain can boost language comprehension

Jun 3, 2016 by

New research indicates that tDCS can alter our language processing, allowing us to comprehend meaningful word combinations faster....

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