October 2023
BBC - Why Being Bilingual is Good for Your Brain
May 2022
Big Think - 10 Benefits of Bilingualism, According to Science
November 2021
Zoomer - Brain Medicine: How Learning a New Language Boosts Cognitive Health
Pharmacy Times - Study: Language Learning Associated With Cognitive Benefits for Older Adults
Verywell Health - Using Duolingo to Learn a New Language Can Keep Your Brain Sharp
October 2021
The Nu Herald - Learning A Second Language Improves Cognitive Performance
July 2021
Ideas Roadshow Podcast - The psychology of bilingualism
March 2021
Toronto Star - Learning a new language is good for the brain (even if you never become fluent)
October 2020
CNN - Bilingualism is good medicine for the brain
September 2020
Raising Multilinguals LIVE - Why is speaking more than one language good for your child?
March 2020
Herald Tribune - Dual Language Education Benefits All Students
February 2020
The Ravive - Can Bilingualism Protect Against Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease?
CTV News - Being Bilingual Can Delay Symptoms of Early Dementia
January 2020
Podcast or Perish - Ellen Bialystok
July 2019
Forge - Speaking 2 Languages to Your Child Isn't Enough to Make Them Bilingual
May 2019
Courrier International - Parler à son enfant dans une langue étrangère, une bonne idée?
April 2019
WUSF Public Media - Kids Learn French By Speaking It All Day at Immersion School
February 2019
Süddeutsche Zeitung - Doping für das Gehirn
Toastmasters - The Benefits of Bilingualism
Study Finds - Babies Raised In Bilingual Homes Develop Sharper Attention Skills Faster
The Journal - Babies who hear two languages at home have a better ability to concentrate
Consumer Affairs - A recent study shows the advantages to growing up in a bilingual househould
Earth - Growing up in a bilingual home gives babies cognitive advantages
Acadie Nouvelle - Les bebes vivant dans des millieux bilingues sont plus attentifs
January 2019
Science Daily - Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention
CTV News - Babies who hear more than one language develop attention advantage
The Economy of Meaning - Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention
The Star - Babies who hear more than one language at home develop attention advantage
July 2018
York University Magazine - Mind Your Language
January 2018
Frankfurter Allgemeine - Das Hirn ist auch nur ein Muskel
October 2017
Medical News Today - Bilingualism: What happens in the brain?
August 2017
Quartz - A lot of our ideas about bilingual children are total myths
BBC - The amazing fertility of the older mind
May 2017
The Toronto Star - The health benefits of learning a second language
March 2017
Middle Way Society - Ellen Bialystok on Bilingualism
January 2017
Radio Times - Learning a foreign language and preserving endangered ones
November 2016
NPR Ed - 6 potential brain benefits of bilingual education
Globe and Mail - York-research-chairs-article-in-globe
August 2016
The Guardian - Why being bilingual works wonders for your brain
The Economist - Bringing up Babel
July 2016
Serious Science - Bilingualism
Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Benefits of a bilingual brain
May 2016
The Moody College of Communication - The bilingual brain
Nautilus - Speaking multiple languages staves off dementia
BBC World Service - Benefits of bilingualism
World Economic Forum - Does being bilingual really improve your brain?
October 2015
Public Radio International - Dementia stole my grandmother's memories - and our common language
May 2015
BBC Future - How to Learn 30 Languages
John Breakwell - Learn Another Language and Live Longer
April 2015
Ideas Roadshow - The Psychology of Bilingualism: A Conversation with Ellen Bialystok
February 2015
Association for Psychological Science – Cognitive Shields: Investigating Protections Against Dementia
January 2015
The New York Review of Books – Learn to Sign!
December 2014
The New York Times – Making Language Immersion Fun for the Kids
The Diane Rehm Show – The Latest Research on Bilingualism and the Brain
October 2014
The Washington Post – Why is Bilingual Education ‘Good’ for Rich Kids but ‘Bad’ for Poor, Immigrant Students?
September 2014
EMBO Reports – The Babylonian Benefit
August 2014
BBC News UK – Multilingualism
American RadioWorks - This is Your Brain on Language
Readers Digest – A New Way of Thinking: Staying Smart As We Age
July 2014
Scienceline – Are Bilinguals Really Smarter?
Canada AM – Bilingualism Boosts the Brain
June 2014
CBC News – Bilingualism Boosts the Brain at all Ages
April 2014
Association for Psychological Science – Bilingualism Alters the Way the Mind Works
National Journal – Bilingualism Can Help Close Learning Gaps for Immigrant Students
Psychology Today – When Does Bilingualism Help or Hurt? The effects of bilingualism on children’s cognition
September 2013
Huffington Post – Learning Side by Side: How my 4 Month Old is Teaching me Russian
May 2013
ABC News – The Benefits of Being Bilingual
April 2013
The Brian Lehrer Show – This is Your Brain on Languages
February 2013
Japan Insight - 1-Minute Insight: Why Bilingual Brains Rock!
November 2012
Psychology Today – Bilingual Brains – Smarter & Faster
October 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - The Bilingual Brain
September 2012
NBC Latino – Education Nation: The real benefits of being bilingual.
May 2012
New Scientist – Bilingual brain boost: Two tongues, two minds
April 2012
Radio-Canada International (CBC) – El cerebro bilingüe Listen to the RCI interview here.
March 2012
The Telegraph - Learning another language ‘could protect against dementia’
The Washington Post – Being bilingual may delay dementia
CBC News – Bilingualism may delay dementia onset
National Public Radio – Parlez vous Francais? It might boost brain power Listen to the NPR interview here.
The New York Times – Why bilinguals are smarter
February 2012
CBC News – Bilingual kids gain benefits in literacy skills
January 2012
The Ballymoney and Moyle Times – New research on the advantages of being fluent in more than one language
