UChicago Psychologist Shares His No.1 Brain Hack for Critical Thinking and Memory Skills: Think in a Foreign Language

Un certain nombre de neuroscientifiques cognitifs, moi y compris, pensent que les linguistes conventionnels ont accordé trop d’importance aux aspects structuraux du langage.

The primary obstacle to good thinking is not a cramped desk or an uninteresting horizon. It is, first and foremost, anxiety.

Effective thinking isn’t about ‘working hard’ in any brute or rote sense; it is about learning to spot, defend, nurture and grow our fleeting, tentative periods of insight.

Part of thinking effectively is knowing, at one level, the likelihood that we might not be thinking well and so proceeding with humility and an appreciation of our mind’s characteristic tricks: this mind may be tired but unaware that it is so; it may be under the sway of emotion but certain it is calm; it may be judging a situation in the present a

Language learning is a form of strength training for your brain. Not only does your brain get stronger, it gets healthier, too. Bilingual brains are more resistant to the wear and tear of age. Studies show a marked delay in the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for bilinguals. On average, elderly bilinguals will show symptoms of dementia fi