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Psychology

The Relationship Between Multilingualism and Cognitive Flexibility

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In a classic study, bilingual adults outperformed monolinguals on a task that required quickly switching between color and shape sorting rules—a measure of cognitive flexibility—even though the task had nothing to do with language.

Why this is interesting

You’ve probably heard that being bilingual makes you smarter—but what does that actually mean? Why would speaking more than one language change the way your brain adapts to unexpected situations?