NY Times: Los beneficios de ser bilingüe

houseofmind:

Click on the link to read about the bilingual brain and associated cognitive and protective benefits. Boost your brain power, learn a new language! 

Benefits of bilingualism according to the article:

  • Agility and speed at solving certain kinds of mental puzzles
  • Improved executive function
  • Differences in environmental monitoring (bilinguals have a heightened ability to monitor the environment)
  • Later onset for dementia and Alzheimer’s 

Por eso el latino que sabe ingles(u otro idioma) siempre esta en modo #WIN

Mar 20 2012 103 notes
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(via Process This Negative With Your Brain)

Here’s something that’ll make you shit bricks! Stare at the colored dots on this girl’s nose for 30 seconds, then quickly look at a white wall or ceiling (or anything pure white) and start blinking rapidly. Congratulations, you just processed a negative with your brain!

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