Bilingualism and Brain Development by eliška baloghová

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My Year-Round Topic

ebaloghovaa — 2023-09-22 13:11:18 UTC

I've chosen the "Bilingualism and Brain Development". My focus will be fowarded towards how these two very interesting "things" affect us and our mind. Such as how bilingualism influences the young children, the neuroscience of bilingualism, but also how bilingualism goes hand in hand with emotional intelligence and technology.
My motivation for choosing this topic is my personal curiosity, enjoyment and also the want to explore the world. I also want to show my classmates how everything in this area is connected. Everything makes sense, when you find the solution. And it's not even that hard to understand.
I'll work hard. Hard enough for you to maybe learn something from me and also for superior grade. I'll do my best and I hope, that this helps everyone, who may be even sightly interested in this topic.

Professor Lera Boroditsky

ebaloghovaa — 2023-10-08 10:08:46 UTC

The persona who is probably most related to bilingualism and brain development is Prof. Lera Boroditsky. She is a Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, where she has made significant contributions to the field of cognitive science. Professor Boroditsky's research primarily centers on the relationship between language, cognition, and culture. She explores how language can influence and shape the way people perceive, think, and reason about the world.Her work often delves into the concept of linguistic relativity, which suggests that the language we speak can impact our perception of reality. Boroditsky has conducted studies examining how different languages affect people's understanding of concepts like time, space, and even moral reasoning.

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Cognitive benefits of being biligual

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project no.3

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Interview with Prof. Lera Boroditsky ⬆️

Boroditsky was born in Belarus to a Jewish family. When she was 12 years old, her family emigrated to the United States, where she learned to speak English as her fourth language. As a teenager she began thinking about the degree to which language differences could shape an argument and exaggerate the differences between people.

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project no.4

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Elevate is a brain trainer that uses fun games to improve vocabulary, mental math, memory skills and much more. They say

"The more you play Elevate, the more you'll improve practical cognetive skills that boost productivity, etc.."

The rating is 4,5 stars and I agree with it. The games are awesome and I can see some improvment. there is also a paid version, and peole say it's defs worth it.

project no.4

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I really enjoyed this TEDtalk and I recommend to watch it. This may seem like a boring talk, but you may find yourself in this video. I did. Now I have another reason to work on my inner self and childhood trauma healing. Let's end the trauma cycle. The baby you deserves it.

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Study from Centre of Developing Child, Harvard University

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project no.5 / raising awarness

ebaloghovaa — 2024-01-24 14:24:40 UTC

I don´t think there are many people who are interested in my topic. Most people don´t even know what bilingualism is or what it stands for. Same goes for brain development. It´s such a complicated topic that some people don´t bother to think about it.

I personally think that the awarness about this topic should be raised because it´s quite imporant for us. Brain - the organ that does literally everything. Thanks to it we are able to move and learn. As I´ve already said, brain development is hard to understand for some people, it was hard for me too. But if you are interested in this, you´ll get used to these hardly understanding things. Piece of cake, right?

Although learning about this in elementary school is a really bold move. Do you expect six-year olds to learn about brain development or what bilingualism is? I don´t think so. This should be set aside for high school and universities.

passive voice news

ebaloghovaa — 2025-03-18 09:41:30 UTC

Structural changes associated with bilingualism may be expected in (at least) those brain structures involved in bilingualism.

Thus, bilingualism may be expected to affect the structure of cortical and subcortical regions involved in (perhaps among other functions) language learning, processing, and control, as well as the white matter tracts that provide connectivity between these regions.

The reported structural effects of bilingualism in adults (measured as differences between bilingual and monolingual groups, or sometimes in training studies) are most commonly reported in grey matter regions that have been found to underlie such language-related (as well as other) processes.

Moreover, several white matter tracts that provide connectivity between these structures (among others) have also been found to be modified by bilingualism.

Is being a bilingualistic scientist stressful?

ebaloghovaa — 2025-03-19 12:16:12 UTC

In my opinion, I don´t think there is a lot of pressure put on you as a scientist trying to expand the world´s knowledge about bilingualism and how it affects our brain.

After further investigation and a little conversation with AI,

I´ve found out, that being a bilingualistic scientist isn´t so stress-free. Especially when this area is so complex. You have to have the knowledge about brain, how does it work, etc.

In many academic fields, including linguinistics and psychology (which bilingualism overlaps with), publishing articles or their researches is a way to to advance one´s career. Research and experminets might be the most stressful part. Because it may not work out, many times. Maybe even 20 times in a row- that might be really demotivating and stressful. At the end of the day, even all the "wasted" time might be worth it and you´ll discover something amazing and helpful for our society.

Thus I don´t think that we should stress even over some experiment or a study. To fix this stressful, anxious feeling, meditation, gratituded and being grounded might relieve your worries. After all we all live on a flying rock.