Monterey Language Services' Blog » Learning Foreign Languages https://www.montereylanguages.com/blog Translation reaches every corner of our culture. Our blog shares stories related to translation, culture, language, quality, writing & interpretation through the eyes of translation professionals. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:32:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.35 The Benefits of Learning Foreign Languages https://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/the-benefits-of-being-bilingual-696 https://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/the-benefits-of-being-bilingual-696#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2010 01:34:57 +0000 http://www.montereylanguages.com/blog/?p=696

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, being able to speak more than one language can help ward off dementia in old age.  As language professionals, we celebrate the news by sharing it!

“Specifically, the advantages of bilingualism are thought to be related to a brain function known as inhibitory or cognitive control:  the ability to stop paying attention to one thing and focus on something else…  Fluent speakers of more than one language have to use this skill continually to silence one language in their minds while communicating in another.”

Reference:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703794104575545923443462444.html

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