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Comment author: Omid 15 July 2015 03:27:33AM 3 points [-]

Is it worth it to learn a second language for the cognitive benefits? I've seen a few puff pieces about how a second language can help your brain, but how solid is the research?

Comment author: drethelin 16 July 2015 10:14:48PM 1 point [-]

I would expect they have the correlation backwards. Smart people are more likely to find it easy and interesting to learn extra languages.

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