Polyglot's brain works differently with native language: Study

Updated On: 11 March, 2024 03:04 PM IST | New York | IANS

The findings suggest that the brains of polyglots take “comparatively little effort when processing their native language". In other words, their brains need not work very hard to interpret it

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The brains of polyglots -- people who speak five or more languages -- work differently when it comes to their native language, said researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Monday.

The study, published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, showed that polyglots' language processing network in the brain, located primarily in the left hemisphere, responds more when they hear any of the languages. However, the response is stronger when hearing their native language.