These trends demonstrate a dual reality: while local languages remain central to cultural identity, forward-looking countries ...

Multilingualism wasn’t something I thought much about until my own children came along. In our home, Dutch mixed happily with ...

A new study introduces a multilingualism calculator that quantifies how multilingual a person truly is, offering a clearer alternative to vague labels like “bilingual.” ...

More than half of the world's population speaks more than one language—but there is no consistent method for defining "bilingual" or "multilingual." This makes it difficult to accurately assess ...

March 30, 2011 — Multilingualism does not protect against the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) according to an analysis from the Nun study — a longitudinal study of aging and AD — where AD was ...

An international study led by Dr. Agustín Ibáñez and co-authors reveals that speaking multiple languages may slow the biological processes of aging and protect against age-related decline.

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 ...

PhD Candidate, Long-term Effects of Bilingualism on the Ageing Brain, University of Reading People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also ...

Multilingualism — the regular use of more than one language — is associated with a reduced risk of accelerated ageing, according to data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries ...