Bilinguals live longer

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speaking the mother tongue at home

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http://www.science20.com/news_releases/being_bilingual_linked_to_longer_life

Children who speak a second or third language may have an unexpected
advantage later in life, a new Tel Aviv University study has found.
Knowing and speaking many languages may protect the brain against the
effects of aging.

Dr. Gitit Kav�, a clinical neuro-psychologist from the Herczeg
Institute on Aging at Tel Aviv University, together with her
colleagues Nitza Eyal, Aviva Shorek, and Jiska Cohen-Manfield,
discovered recently that senior citizens who speak more languages test
for better cognitive functioning. The results of her study were
published in the journal Psycholog

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