A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may help preserve memory, attention, and brain flexibility as we age. An ...

Artificial intelligence can already beat grandmasters at Go, draft legal briefs, and generate photorealistic images in seconds, yet it still struggles with the kind of flexible, context-rich learning ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Older adults may find learning new languages challenging, but recent research shows the effort itself provides ...

There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become ...

TOKYO (AP) — I speak decent Spanish, picked up working several decades ago as a news and sports reporter in Spain, Mexico and Argentina. Now I report from Tokyo. After seven years, I still can’t grasp ...