Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 ...

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

Learning a language slows ageing and keeps the brain healthier for longer, a study has found. People who only speak one ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

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 ...

People from countries where multilingualism was common were 2.17 times less likely to experience accelerated ageing ...

A new study has examined the role of several cognitive functions in young students learning to write English, their second language. The study conducted a battery of cognitive tests, gauged the ...

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The study of linguistic cognition takes you into the heart of the mind. Cognitive linguists examine the language that we use to tell stories, describe feelings and sensory experiences, collaborate ...

“It is neither possible nor desirable to study any part of the psychobiological system in isolation from the rest of the system” —Silvan Tomkins, 1981 (in Demos, 1995, p. 50) Over the past many months ...

When it comes to language learning, an old adage rings true: a picture is worth a thousand words. There is growing evidence that the arts—be it a picture, drama, song, or dance—may help children with ...