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Viorica Marian knows the power of multilingualism firsthand. She grew up bilingual in Moldova—a small country nestled between Ukraine and Romania that was formerly a part of the Soviet Union—speaking ...

When it comes to healthy brain aging, advice usually includes eating well, staying active and maintaining social connections. New evidence, however, has added an extra task to the list—learning ...

People are living longer than ever around the world. Longer lives bring new opportunities, but they also introduce challenges, especially the risk of age-related decline. Alongside physical changes ...

For a considerable time already there has been discussion within scientific circles about whether knowing and using multiple languages could possibly have positive effects on the human brain and ...

Population aging and its associated disorders represent the most pervasive demographic shift worldwide, making the identification of protective factors for healthy aging a critical public health ...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 03: Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, speaks to the media following a meeting of the ECB Governing Council on February 03, 2022 in ...

The U.S. Department of Education updated its guidance for school districts this month on how to best support newcomer immigrant and refugee students. It highlighted an incentive for maintaining home ...

University of Houston professor of psychology Arturo Hernandez is disputing a high-profile study published in the journal Nature Aging claiming that people who live in multilingual countries show ...

The use of more than one language corresponds to a cultural practice that is common when there are different linguistic groups in the same country. These languages contribute to peaceful understanding ...

On International Mother Language Day, we are pleased to release our publication titled “Multilingualism at the United Nations”. This is the second volume of the “Why it Matters” series that focuses on ...