Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a bilingual brain implant that uses artificial intelligence to help a stroke survivor communicate in Spanish and English for ...

Post written by François Grosjean. University of Houston professor, Arturo Hernandez, works on the underpinnings of bilingual language processing as well as second language acquisition in children and ...

Speaking two languages confers lifelong cognitive rewards that spread far beyond the improved ability to communicate, a series of scientific findings has shown. In the latest research, described ...

Although the specific brain mechanisms underlying these processes are still being debated, it is safe to say, given the available evidence from recent neuroimaging studies, that learning a new ...

Depending on what you read, speaking more than one language may or may not make you smarter. These mixed messages are understandably confusing, and they’re due to the fact that nothing is quite as ...

UC Berkeley associate professor of Hispanic and Romance linguistics Justin Davidson contributed to a study revealing where in the brain bilingual speakers store language-specific sounds. Davidson, ...

Children and adolescents who speak more than one language may reach adulthood with better brain structure, according to a new study. Children and adolescents who speak more than one language may reach ...

Advantages of speaking a second language are obvious: easier logistics when traveling, wider access to great literature and, of course, more people to talk with. Some studies have also pointed to the ...