A study of polyglots found the brain's language network responds more strongly when hearing languages a speaker is more proficient in -- and much more weakly to the speaker's native language. A new ...

As I teach linguistics, one of the most intriguing questions for my students is whether all human beings think in a similar way—regardless of the language they use to convey their thoughts—or if the ...

This video features an American polyglot speaking different native languages with strangers on Omegle. It captures natural reactions, curiosity, and everyday conversations as people hear their own ...

Listen in the supermarket, on the mall or on a Metro train, and you will hear scores of people speaking different languages. This chart -- drawn from U.S. Census Bureau data -- shows estimated numbers ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language. In the brains of these polyglots — people ...