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The Guardian - UK
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Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

REVEALED: Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing scientists say | Rare Historical Photos

A stack of non-English dictionaries
Experts also say the earlier people begin learning a second language, the better for their brain age. Photograph: StayHomeTakePhotos/Alamy

Learning another language could slow ageing in the brain by up to 13 years, according to research.

People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona.

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