How a second language can boost the brain | Knowable Magazine
Speaking more than one language may boost brain function as well as gray and white matter, and possibly preserve the brain as it ages. Q&A — Psycholinguist Mark Antoniou Being bilingual benefits children as they learn to speak — and adults as they age By Ramin Skibba 11.29.2018 Support sound science and smart stories Help us make scientific knowledge accessible to all Donate today Even when you’re fluent in two languages, it can be a challenge to switch back and forth smoothly between them. It’s common to mangle a split verb in Spanish, use the wrong preposition in English, or lose sight of the connection between the beginning and end of a long German sentence. So — does mastering a second language hone our multitasking skills or merely muddle us up? CREDIT: JAMES PROVOST (CC BY-ND) Western Sydney University This debate has been pitting linguists and psychologists against one another since the 1920s, when many experts thought that bilingual children were fated to suffer cognitive impai
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