Chapter 1
The physical remodel of your gray matter
Chapter 2
The bilingual cognitive shield
Chapter 3
The mental shift of multilingual minds
Chapter 4
The lifelong journey of the neural landscape
YOUR GOAL
Master of Your brain on bilingualism
Ch 3 · The mental shift of multilingual minds
duolingo Multilingual Minds
Growing denser grey matter in the left parietal lobe as we speak
duolingo A diagram compares sweat gland activity when hearing emotional words in different languages.
duolingo An isometric glass brain render with precise labels showing personality shifts between languages.
Fun Fact
Logical distance: When making high-stakes financial decisions, people who think in their second language are statistically less likely to make emotional, loss-averse mistakes.
Quiz
In the 2006 study of Mexican-Americans, how did language affect their personality test scores?
Quiz
What did a 2012 University of Chicago study discover about decisions made in a second language?
Quiz
Which brain structure, responsible for processing emotions, reacts less intensely to insults in a second language?
Quiz
Which cognitive scientist studied how grammatical genders in German and Spanish affect how speakers describe everyday objects?
Quiz
If a language assigns a masculine gender to 'key', how are its speakers statistically more likely to describe a key?