What Bilingualism is Doing to Your Brain The Huffington Post
go to original September 13, 2013

Being bilingual can drastically alter your life... and we don't just mean being able to order from a menu when visiting a foreign country! Trace has the details. (DNewsChannel)

The evidence keeps pouring in that bilingualism is good for you.

Bilinguals with the ability to switch languages seamlessly have likely developed a higher level of mental flexibility than people who only speak one language, researchers at Penn State said this week in a press statement.

"In the past, bilinguals were looked down upon," Professor of Psychology, Linguistics and Women's Studies Judith F. Kroll said in a press statement. "Not only is bilingualism not bad for you, it may be really good. When you're switching languages all the time it strengthens your mental muscle and your executive function becomes enhanced."

... The researchers published the results of the experiments in Frontiers in Psychology.

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