And not just languages, either. A new study, published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
compared babies' ability to both process linguisitic information and to
correctly anticipate based on new information, a mental process linked
to what neuropsychologists call "executive function." Babies rasied in
bilingual households performed better than monolingual babies, although
the study's lead scientist suggests that the monolingual babies will
eventually catch up with their bilingual peers.
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