What happens when adults learn English?
What happens when adults learn English? Several studies have shown that after a period of learning in adulthood the brain grows, the hippocampus becomes thicker and there is greater production of white matter and graymatter. The scientific journal PNAS recently published a study to show the impact of speaking more than one language on the development of neurodegenerative diseases. Specifically, the study showed evidence that Alzheimer's disease presented later in bilingual people and with less severe symptoms. Among the benefits of learning to speak English, the most important is that it helps to keep our brain healthy and fit. In fact, it helps to prevent, delay or attenuate the effects of some of the most widespread neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. And one of the most complex to treat. It involves cognitive impairment, loss of immediate memory and other mental abilities as nerve cells die. ...