Can hearing lots of languages offer benefits of bilingualism?
Can hearing lots of languages offer benefits of bilingualism?
- August 30, 2019
- Judith Kroll, language science, Futurity, Aug. 30, 2019
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“The phenomenon is known as ambient linguistic diversity, and we show—using EEG-measured brain activity—that it has the impact of increasing monolingual brain activity similar to what we see in bilinguals, even if the person doesn’t speak or understand a second language,” says coauthor Judith Kroll, a professor of language science at the University of California, Irvine.
For the full story, please visit https://www.futurity.org/benefits-of-bilingualism-location-brains-2147512-2/.
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