There are many reasons to learn a new language — it might be for work, a love interest, or a personal interest in a region's culture or people. Research shows that learning languages benefits your ...

When it comes to healthy brain aging, advice usually includes eating well, staying active and maintaining social connections. New evidence, however, has added an extra task to the list—learning ...

Learning a language slows ageing and keeps the brain healthier for longer, a study has found. People who only speak one language are more than twice as likely to suffer from accelerated ageing, where ...

It's well established that children have an easier time learning second languages.

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November, ...

Bilingualism offers more than just the ability to navigate multiple languages—it also has a profound impact on brain health. Research has increasingly shown that speaking more than one language can ...

Speaking multiple languages could slow down brain ageing and help to prevent cognitive decline, a study of more than 80,000 people has found. The work, published in Nature Aging on 10 November 1, ...

Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's ...

Bilingualism is more common than ever before. According to Ecole Bilingue de Berkeley (EB), today more of the world’s population is bilingual or multilingual than monolingual. Anyone can benefit from ...

TOKYO — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...