It was disheartening to see the suggestion that bilingualism is an area of study in which researchers are only recently “beginning to chip away at some long-held notions about second-language ...

Promoting bilingualism in the United States not only ensures that immigrants participate more fully in society and integrate more quickly, it also makes the nation and its democracy stronger, says ...

During a visit to the pediatrician, the nurse heard me speak with a foreign accent and told me to use only English with my child. She said speaking another language would be “confusing” and have ...

Melissa Baralt shared the following tips: 1. Read with your baby every day. Public libraries have books in many different languages! Interact with the book and with your child. 2. Learning can happen ...

Bilingualism is naturally very useful in communication between people, but a new meta-analysis shows that it does not seem to increase the cognitive skills related to executive functions. Acquisition ...

Aneta Karagiannidou and Yiotis Katsambas never questioned whether they would speak Greek to their 7-year-old son, Mihalis, whom the couple is raising in Los Angeles. While census data show a ...

Affecting more than one in a hundred children, autism spectrum disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. It has a particular impact on social interaction, including difficulties ...

During a visit to the pediatrician, the nurse heard me speak with a foreign accent and told me to use only English with my child. She said speaking another language would be “confusing” and have ...

The benefits of bilingualism are more than once thought. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Montreal's Ana Inés Ansaldo explores these benefits and how they can help us improve ourselves.

Want to see how you fare on a test of inhibitory control? Take a Stroop effect test. Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at [email protected]. Ever wonder about ...