Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly 22 percent of Americans speak a language other than English at home; many of them are English and Spanish speakers from ...

As a med student at Stanford, I think about my mother, who knows very little English. I wonder how I could make patients like ...

Have you ever wondered whether the language you speak influences the way you see the world? Well, according to a number of studies in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and linguistic ...

People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also introduce challenges ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the brains of these polyglots — people ...

Learning a new language is more than just acquiring the ability to communicate in another tongue; it’s a profound journey that expands your cognitive horizons, fundamentally altering the way your ...

Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging. In a new study, researchers analyzed the Biobehavioral Age Gap (BAG) —a person's biological ...

How many languages do I speak? Let's just say it's complicated. Sarah McMenemy for Reader's Digest “How many languages do you speak?” It seems like a simple question, but it’s a tough one for me to ...