Could learning multiple languages be a secret weapon against the ravages of old age? C’est une possibilité. In a new study, ...

Knowing another language opens doors for kids and adults alike. But most educators agree that childhood is the ideal time for language learning. While their brains don’t actually work like sponges and ...

Participants were aged between 50 and 90.Multilingual people had a markedly lower likelihood of accelerated ageing than those who speak only one language. What's more the effect doesn't stop at two ...

“Learning a new language is like working out your brain,” said Jennifer Wittmeyer, a cognitive neuroscientist at ...

A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing. Speaking multiple languages could slow down ...

A study of polyglots found the brain's language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in -- and much more weakly to the speaker's native language. A new ...

Rauno Parrila receives funding from Australian Research Council and Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Valeria Maria Rigobon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...