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Bilingual Brains
February 22, 2010
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
-E. B. White

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"People who speak two languages can process certain words faster than others."  This is the conclusion of a study reported in Scientific American Mind (January 2010). 

The study's researchers observed that children who know two languages more easily solve problems that involve misleading clues.  Knowledge of a second language — even one learned in adolescence — affects how people read in their native tongue.  The findings suggest that after learning a second language, people never look at words the same way again. 


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