Languages and the brain

Language is one of the pillars of the human intellect. It is the main means by which individuals formulate and transmit thoughts. It plays a role in the world, in reasoning, problem-solving, and action planning. Language is an indispensable part of human culture, without it, commerce, science and other activities would not exist in the way we know it. For more than a century, scientists have been studying how the brain learns, stores, and processes language. In the last decade, new techniques have made it possible to recreate the brain by performing tasks. Language is a function of the peculiar structure of the human brain. There are two major areas of the brain that are responsible for language: the Drill Area, responsible for the production, and the Wernicke Area, responsible for the processing.

Joy Hirsch of Cornell University designed a study to determine how different languages ​​are represented in the human brain. He found that native and non-native languages ​​are spatially separated in the Broca area. His study also revealed that for adult learners of a new language, techniques that emphasize conversation may be more successful than methods that focus more on reading and listening practices. The New York Times published a study by the Department of Psychology from York University, confirming that bilingual people are more adept at mental challenges and tasks than people who can speak only one language.

Learning a new language means understanding that ideas are not necessarily expressed in the same way from one language to another.

Mastering a new language takes time and dedication, but it is worth the effort. When you understand that people express ideas in different ways, you understand that language can bring us together.