Bilingual children have lasting cognitive benefits

Growing up in a bilingual home has been linked to cognitive benefits later in life, according to a new study from Anglia Ruskin University. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated for that adults who acquired their second language as young children are faster at detecting visual changes and attention-shifting compared to bilinguals who learned a second language later in life.  In a previous study, the researchers had found that infants raised in bilingual homes adapt to their more varied language environment by shifting their visual …