Why should we be bilingual?

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Brain

• Neurological process

• Neurological structure

• Disease

Process

Cognitive control mechanisms

Sensory processes

Process

Better learning and process information

Attention and conflict management

Memory

Visual-spatial skill

Creative

Structure

• Higher gray matter volume in the left inferior parietal cortex

• White matter volume changes

Diseases

• In a study of 200 bilingual and monolingual patients with Alzheimer’s disease:

• Show initial symptom: 77.7 years of age vs 72.6: 5.1 years later

• Diagnosed: 80.8 vs 76.5: 4.3 years later

Profession life

Expand your career opportunities

Personal life

• New culture

• New perspective

• Hobby