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Growing up in bilingual home ‘provides lasting cognitive benefits’ 

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Growing up in a bilingual home can provide unexpected cognitive benefits later in life – especially if exposed to two or more languages from birth.  Experts say infants from bilingual homes gather more information by shifting their visual attention more frequently than those in single-language homes.   ‘Early bilinguals’ – those who learn a second language … Read more

Babies from bilingual families are better at switching their attention

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Babies from bilingual families are better at switching their attention from one task to another, study finds Scientists showed young babies up to nine months various pictures in sequence   Those in bilingual families were 33 per cent faster at redirecting their attention Babies found that those from bilingual homes are able to change their focus ‘more quickly … Read more