With Master of Many Languages, Brain Could More Sharp – How many languages are you good at? If there are at least two, survived. Means you’ve “invested” a lot to prevent dementia arising in later life.
This is the result of research of Dr. Ellen Bialystok, a professor of psychology at York University, Toronto. For forty years, research results show that the ability of bilingual Bialystok affect a person’s brain acuity.
Those who speak in two languages also looks more astute in her multitasking. In addition, recent findings also proved that people who speak the two languages are also lower risk for experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in old age.
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Those who speak in two languages also looks more astute in her multitasking.
How so? From his observations on language skills that children possess, that bilingual children appear to have cognitive systems are better than monolingual children.
“In the brain of each person there is such a control system that makes you focus on what sounds relevant, while ignoring the unimportant. That’s why, you can store two different things in mind at the same time, then use them interchangeably, as needed,” said Bialystok.
If you are bilingual, both languages will appear simultaneously in the brain every time you speak. Then, the control system that will sort them and adjust to what language is being used at that time. Than those who only speak one language, one bilingual brain is more honed and if both languages are used constantly in the long run, this system will become more efficient.
An important point is underlined by Bialystok, mastery of two languages in question is the language that is used daily and continuously. “So, instead of a foreign language that you never learned in school, but the language is always used,” he said again.
In addition, the two languages are not solely related to foreign languages, but including also the local language you use at home.
