Scans and neuroscience are helping scientists understand what happens to the brain when you learn a second language
Kara Morgan-Short using electrophysiology to examine the inner workings of the brain during language learning.
Photograph: Yara Mekawi/University of Illinois
“Learning a foreign language can increase the size of your brain. This is what Swedish scientists discovered when they used brain scans to monitor what happens when someone learns a second language. The study is part of a growing body of research using brain imaging technologies to better understand the cognitive benefits of language learning.”
Read the rest from The Guardian below:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/04/what-happens-to-the-brain-language-learning
