Video Questions 1
Speaking another language can help you find _______ since you will be able to communicate with more people.
Love
True/False: When you speak a second language, you are NOT able to understand the perspective of someone from another culture
FALSE
What kind of scientists ran MRI tests?
Swedish
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
a bilingual person has a well-rounded sense of __________
Empathy
What can you do with ease when you can speak another language?
Travel!
Personalities
What does "mother tongue" mean?
The first language that you learned/knew how to speak
Between what are the optimal/prime ages for someone to learn another language?
3-8 years of age
What is the difference between someone who is monolingual and someone who is bilingual?
A monolingual person speaks/understands only one language. A bilingual person speaks/understands 2 languages.
True/False: You become more open minded when you speak another language
True!
People tend to feel more ______ and ______ when speaking English, and more ______ when speaking Japanese
Direct; assertive; polite
What part of the brain showed physical growth in young craniums when scientists ran these tests?
Hippocampus
The onset of what brain disease gets delayed when someone learns another language?
Alzheimer's disease (and dimentia)
A bilingual person is more likely to consider another person's __________ instead of rejecting it. This is learning at its finest!
Perspective
Studies show that learning a new language improves what 2 things?
Focus and memory
When you learn a second language, you delay the mental effects of _________ because you are strengthening your mind to become sharper.
Aging
What are the 3 things that the hippocampus is in charge of?
Emotional development, long-term memory, and spatial navigation
What is spatial navigation?
Sense of direction; Knowing your way around in the world/the space around you
Regularly speaking more than one language forces what to happen on the right side of the brain?
Forces structural changes to happen (because it is required to work harder)
When you speak a second language, that opens more doors for communication because you can talk to more people, which means what 3 things according to the video
You will meet more people, make more friends, and have more (job) opportunities
Increasing the amount of ____ ________ helps delay the onset of dimentia
Grey matter
What did the scientists test when they were running these MRI scans?
Scientists were testing the physical effects on the brain when someone is learning a second language
Over time, what does the brain develop which makes the bilingual brain stronger?
"Cognitive reserve"
There are 2 sides to the brain - left and right. The left side is for _______ thinkers. The right side is for ________ thinkers. Which side of the brain becomes stronger when you learn a second language?
Logical/critical; artistic/creative
THE RIGHT SIDE!