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The role of multilingualism in the brain's development life span

Gainski, Julia

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Title
The role of multilingualism in the brain's development life span
Author(s)
Gainski, Julia
Issue Date
2023
Keyword(s)
  • multilingualism
  • brain development
Date of Ingest
2025-02-02T19:27:44-06:00
Abstract
Multilingualism provides individuals with the intrinsic ability to learn new languages more efficiently than monolinguals. Bilingual and multilingual individuals obtained skills during early childhood development that translate to other areas in their lives such as the enhancement of processing information presented in their external environment and a greater attention to detail. Through the use of fMRI, researchers are able to pinpoint specific brain regions that exhibit differences between monolinguals and multilinguals such that multilinguals display a greater tissue density in certain brain regions in comparison to monolinguals. Alongside these visual varaitions, this article palces emphasis on the role of multilingualism throughout an indivdual's life span as it depicts the neurological benefits such as the maintenance of a cognitive reserve and the proctection from age-related decline predominatly seen in dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Publisher
University of Illinois Undergraduate Neuroscience Society
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
essay
Language
eng
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Copyright 2023 Julia Gainski

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Brain Matters - Vol. 6 No. 2 2023 PRIMARY