THE COGNITIVE BENEFITS OF BILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM ON BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
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Key words: cognitive benefit, bilingualism, multilingualism, brain developmentAbstract
Multilingualism research shows unique properties of multilinguals, including early language representation, gray matter density, and lexical retrieval speed. Cognitive control, language switching, working memory, and consequences of multilingualism are reviewed. Structural differences exist between monolinguals and multilinguals' brains with different regions used for processing a given language in multilinguals compared to monolinguals.
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Published from in final edit as: Foreign Lang Ann. 2017 ; 50(2): 248–259. doi:10.1111/flan.12271
Submitted: 13 May 2021 Reviewed: 08 September 2021 Published: 06 October 2021. Wrote by Pauria Mahzoun
Tracy Trautner, Michigan State University Extension - January 28, 2019
