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Study finds learning languages can help the brain fight aging

Study finds learning languages can help the brain fight aging

Update: 2025-11-10
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It might be time to get back on your duolingo streak - a new study has found speaking more than one language helps the aging brain. Professor Stephen May from the School of Maori and Indigenous Education at the University of Auckland spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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Study finds learning languages can help the brain fight aging

Study finds learning languages can help the brain fight aging