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Two languages are better than one

posted by Zed on June 14 2004 22:45

Being fluent in two languages could protect against age-related cognitive decline, says a study in the June issue of Psychology and Aging. […]

All the bilingual people in the study had used two languages every day since the age of 10. The study found that both older and younger bilingual people performed better than those who spoke just one language. Being bilingual offers widespread benefits across a range of complex cognitive tasks, the authors concluded.

(Via Languagehat)

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