It’s trite knowledge that our brain function changes as we get older, but how it changes stays in a mysterious realm. Language function, interestingly enough, is commonly thought to remain relatively stable as we age. Billot et al. (2026) found that though neural networks supporting executive function was less consistent…
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aging
A bilingual theory of mind
Being bilingual has immediate, practical advantages, like talking to a doting grandmother who forged new life in a faraway land or a small child baffled by why you cannot speak in their language but they can speak in yours. Bilingualism may also have a part to play in developing our…
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Stress in the L2
Speaking another language is both wonderful and stressful. The joy of opening new channels of communication and sharing ideas with different people is undeniable, but so is the stress of errors and fatigue grazing the language learning journey. Sometimes speakers experience anxiety as well, further complicating performance. One of the…
aging
Multilingualism’s benefits may hinge upon one’s language diversity and education
By now, we’ve heard much about multilingualism’s mass appeal for both mind and market value alike (apologies for sounding too gauche, but isn’t that what the curriculum vitae is all about?). It’s no surprise to see that speaking more than one language may have significant benefits on our cognition as…
aging
Aging in Multilingual
Multilingualism mystifies me with its modest magic. Being able to share a thought with another through language is already useful, and then to amplify this prowess along a different dimension is nothing short of beautiful. Many researchers have prodded the possibility of multilingual benefits and evidence continues to accrue in…