[lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual

[Ivo Doko <ivo.doko@gmail.com>]

2009/9/16  <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com>:
> From an email to a friend dated 7/15/2009. "Something I read recently said
> that learning a new language late in life (it was in a Discover magazine, or
> something like that, that a friend at work lent me a couple of weeks ago)
> improves your memory.  The article was about the brain being plastic, and
> that turning off/on the nucleus basicus/basilis turned the brain's learning
> ability off/on."
>
> Maybe not too closely related, but still about learning and especially
> learning languages late in life.
>
> stevo

Doing anything particularly "new" to the brain "strengthens" it and
increases its ability to learn. You'd be surprised what simple things
researchers have found to have the strengthening effect on the brain,
for example, getting on and off your bike to the opposite side than
you're used to, using your inferior hand to stir drinks and brush your
teeth, etc. Learning another language is just one more new thing that
strengthens the brain. However, here we are talking about the
difference in the ability to learn new languages between children and
grown-ups, while both children's and grown-ups' brains get
strengthened by doing new things, like learning new languages.


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