Speaking two or more languages helps protect your brain as you age, even if you learn new languages as an adult, new research suggests. The study included 835 people born in Scotland in 1936 whose ...

Learning a second language is an effective and enjoyable way to improve brain health, reports a new study. Researchers found that older adults who studied Spanish showed similar improvements in ...

Speaking two or more languages helps slow down age-related cognitive decline, even if the second language is learned in adulthood, according to a study published in the journal Annals of Neurology ...

The study determined that learning a second language, even later in life, delays the decline of important brain function. A set of cognitive processes known as "the executive control system ...

Perhaps more important, Ms. Grossman said, learning another language offers other potential advantages, like traveling or connecting with new communities. My father, for example, has remained pen ...

With Richard Roberts, he has written books on second-language learning, cross-cultural communication, and language and aging. He is the author of " Irony and Sarcasm." ...

Learning another language is not only helpful in being able to converse in said language – it may also benefit the brain. Preliminary research indicates that you could learn a new language and ...

Weil believes that by learning a foreign language we can reduce the risks of getting some of the most common age-related symptoms and diseases such as memory loss and Alzheimer's.

In case you needed another reason to finally buckle down and learn a new language, new research suggests bilingual brains actually age slower. History Channel points to researchers at the ...

You may have heard that learning another language is one method for preventing or at least postponing the onset of dementia. Dementia refers to the loss of cognitive abilities, and one of its most ...

Learning a second language, even if taken up in adulthood, can slow the aging of the person’s brain, according to a recent study by Edinburgh University researchers.