{"id":22760,"date":"2017-03-04T23:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T20:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=22760"},"modified":"2017-03-04T23:20:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T20:20:39","slug":"learning-a-new-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/learning-a-new-language\/","title":{"rendered":"How Learning a New Language Rewires Your Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"
Language is one of the great gifts humans possess. It allows us to cooperate and communicate in ways that no other animals on Earth have managed to do.<\/p>\n
There are thousands of human languages in the world and many humans speak quite a few of them.<\/p>\n
Then you get monolingual people, who only know one language. Although you can get by<\/a> without knowing many languages, speaking more than one language is not only rewarding\u00a0but can change the very structure of your brain.<\/p>\n The process of learning a new language has many neurological benefits and forms an essential part of brain fitness over the course of your life. In this article, I\u2019ll go over some of the key benefits your brain<\/a> will experience if you choose to learn a new language.<\/p>\n A lot of people are under the impression that intelligence is a fairly constant thing. You\u2019re either born an Einstein or just average, but the truth is that intelligence changes over the course of your life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n You can become smarter by learning to think more efficiently and practicing how to solve problems. At the same time, poor health and aging can have a negative effect on your IQ.<\/p>\n A study by Dr. TH Bak<\/a> and his team revealed that learning a second language can slow down the cognitive decline that we usually see with aging.<\/p>\n Language is more than just a way to ask where the bathroom is. It\u2019s the filter through which people understand their world. If you only speak one language it\u2019s difficult to really grasp how worldviews can shift thanks to the language you think and live through.<\/p>\n One study<\/a> showed that people who speak at least a second language are better at understanding other people\u2019s point of view.<\/p>\n Everyone can benefit from having a better memory. Whether you\u2019re trying to ace that exam or just remember your shopping, having a good memory makes life easier. Studies have shown <\/a>that if you learn a second language earlier in life you\u2019ll end up with better working memory<\/a>.<\/p>\n Learning a language later in life isn\u2019t quite so effective, but the overall cognitive benefits of second language learning help with memory too! So get yourself and your children are bitten by the language bug.<\/p>\n When we make decisions they can be well-considered critical decisions or quickly made snap decisions. In a lot of cases, we take the easy way out and make quick but poor choices.<\/p>\n1. Smarter Than the Average Bear<\/h4>\n
2. Culturally Sensitive<\/h4>\n
3. Memory Like a Steel Trap<\/h4>\n
4. Decisions, Decisions<\/h4>\n