Psychology & Psychiatry
Growing up in a bilingual home has lasting benefits
New research has found that growing up in a bilingual home can provide unexpected cognitive benefits later in life.
Jan 22, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Children with a migration background often misdiagnosed with an 'impairment of language acquisition'
In 2019, an average of around 2.1 million Austrian inhabitants came from a migration background. Due to the changing demographic due to migration over the last few decades, more and more children are growing up multilingual. ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How does being bilingual affect your brain? It depends on how you use language
Depending on what you read, speaking more than one language may or may not make you smarter. These mixed messages are understandably confusing, and they're due to the fact that nothing is quite as simple as it's typically ...
Oct 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies from bilingual homes switch attention faster
Babies born into bilingual homes change the focus of their attention more quickly and more frequently than babies in homes where only one language is spoken, according to new research published in the journal Royal Society ...
Feb 25, 2020
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How language proficiency correlates with cognitive skills
An international team of researchers carried out an experiment at HSE University demonstrating that knowledge of several languages can improve the performance of the human brain. In their study, they registered a correlation ...
Feb 18, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Early exposure key to recognising 'other-race' faces
New research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has shown exposure to people from other racial backgrounds during childhood could help us better recognize faces across different races as adults.
Sep 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Diverse linguistic environment boosts brain sensitivity to new learning, study finds
Numerous studies have noted the brain benefits that come from being bilingual—among them increased executive-level cognitive function and a four- to five-year delay in the risk of developing dementia symptoms. A new University ...
Aug 30, 2019
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Neuroscience
Hearing through your fingers: Device that converts speech
A novel study published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience provides the first evidence that a simple and inexpensive non-invasive speech-to-touch sensory substitution device has the potential to improve hearing in ...
Jun 3, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research rules out executive function advantage for some bilingual children
Bilingual children are on equal footing with monolingual children when it comes to regulating their behavior, planning and problem-solving, according to a new Florida International University study.
May 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows cultural images may hinder proficiency in second language skills
(Medical Xpress)—A team of combined researchers from Columbia Business School and Singapore Management University has found that people who have learned a second language become less proficient at speaking it after being ...
