A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing. Speaking multiple languages could slow down ...

Speaking more than one language can slow down the brain's aging and lower risks linked to accelerated aging.

Can learning another language help you stay younger for longer? Far beyond its cultural and social value, speaking multiple ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

The data showed that the protective effect of multilingualism remained significant even when they adjusted for demographic ...

When a team of researchers from the University of Maryland, Microsoft, and UMass Amherst set out to explore how artificial ...

Amanda Seidl (standing), a Purdue associate professor of speech, language and hearing sciences who studies language acquisition, found that touch can influence how infants learn language. Her research ...

Scientists have spent the last five years observing sperm whale communication and behaviors using tags, buoys and drones. They’ve finally begun to learn how whales use calls for communication.

In a language study exploring how people learn correct word use, researchers at Princeton University and the University of Illinois found that language learning goes well beyond simple imitation, and ...

After years of sighing over reports touting the advantages of learning a second language as a toddler, it’s always nice to see a study that gives hope to older second-language learners, like this one ...

Betty Berdan is a high school junior from Connecticut who studies Mandarin and Spanish. Updated December 28, 2016, 6:26 PM Should foreign language classes be required in colleges? It depends. For ...