{"id":1499,"date":"2020-05-27T14:09:04","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T14:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/?page_id=1499"},"modified":"2021-05-20T00:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T00:07:00","slug":"bilingualism-makes-for-flexible-minds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/blog\/bilingualism-makes-for-flexible-minds\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilingualism makes for flexible minds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1499\" class=\"elementor elementor-1499\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb91da5 elementor-section-content-bottom elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb91da5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-401e82b\" data-id=\"401e82b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22183f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22183f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Esit Traducciones blog<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-756c45f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"756c45f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e21bf01\" data-id=\"e21bf01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-276ba76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"276ba76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Bilingualism makes for flexible minds<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9b3d85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9b3d85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-392b045\" data-id=\"392b045\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93de5ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93de5ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes!\n\nDo we exactly know how this happens? No. Research has not yet discovered all the keys to address this enigma, but science is providing some confirming clues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d9d9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8d9d9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1453\" src=\"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-2048x1453.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-1498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-2048x1453.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-1536x1090.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8be6544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be6544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The physiology and functioning of a bilingual brain are different because it activates different neuron areas and because these brains have a greater amount of an insulating substance that lines the nerve connections we call white matter.<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAnd what is the result of these physiological and functional differences? Well, minds that are more attentive, more flexible, more efficient, better at solving problems, with more memory and a wider concentration span. Not bad, right? <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cC\u00e9sar \u00c1vila, professor of Basic Psychology at the Jaume I University of Castell\u00f3n and researcher with the Brainglot neuropsychology and functional neuroimaging group, gives his opinion on this topic. MRI techniques used to examine the brains of bilingual and monolingual persons, when performing non-linguistic, but rather executive control or attention tasks reveal that \u00a0\u00abgrowing up in an environment where two languages are used and where you have to constantly change from one to the other makes the brain more flexible to the environment and gives more capacity for cognitive change, which could also affect the way of being,\u00bb says Mayte Rius quoting \u00c1vila in La Vanguardia.<\/p>\n\nGiving a child a bilingual education is a great thing parents can do for them.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0812802 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"0812802\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/en\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-735295b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"735295b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b22ab4\" data-id=\"5b22ab4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7f5106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7f5106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c4358 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42c4358\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04cc24d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04cc24d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6439ad\" data-id=\"c6439ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ce9a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1ce9a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esittraducciones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/blog-esittraducciones-articulo-2-1-scaled-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Esit Traducciones blog Bilingualism makes for flexible minds Yes! 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