Just as physical exercise helps you build your muscles, learning a new language could strengthen your brain, thereby making the process of ageing a lot more graceful, says a new research.
Learning a new language changes your brain network both structurally and functionally, the findings showed, Khaleej Times reported. “Learning and practicing something, for instance a second language, strengthens the brain,” said Ping Li, professor of psychology, linguistics and information sciences and technology at the Pennsylvania State University in the US.
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