The mental workout of constantly balancing two competing vocabularies makes it easier for bilinguals to process information, according to a new study published in Brain and Language on Wednesday. The ...

Babies begin to learn language sounds before they’re even born. In the womb, a mother’s voice is one of the most prominent sounds that's heard. And, as research scientist Naja Ferjan Ramirez writes, ...

Bilingual people require less brain power to complete tasks compared to people who speak only one language, suggests new research published in the journal Brain and Language. Using functional magnetic ...

Scientists report that bilingual infants as young as 20 months of age efficiently and accurately process two languages. Are two languages at a time too much for the mind? Caregivers and teachers ...

Worldwide immigration patterns are increasing the number of children who grow up exposed to two languages, a circumstance that provides numerous benefits as well as some challenges. Because bilingual ...

If you are raising your child in a dual-language household, you are giving them a gift. Not only are you connecting them to multiple rich traditions, you are giving their brain a healthy workout. But ...

A chalkboard with both English and Korean writing. (Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by Youth Communications and is reposted here with permission. YC is a nonprofit ...

A study of bilingual children finds that when children learn any two languages from birth each language proceeds on its own independent course, at a rate that reflects the quality of the children's ...

People who spoke two languages daily in their youth tended to score higher on memory tests later in life, the researchers found. By Jaya Padmanabhan Speaking two languages provides the enviable ...

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James Vincent is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Google wants to dominate the IFA tech show in Berlin this week, and it’s already announced ...