The later you start to learn a foreign language, the healthier your brain will be

You would very much like to learn Spanish, Italian or Chinese, but are afraid that due to age it will be inaccessible to you? Although the ability of the brain to adapt and change under external conditions (the so-called neuroplasticity) decreases every year, Mo Conradi of The Guardian believes that in learning languages adults have certain advantages. He also gives an example of a study according to which bilingual dementia occurs later than people who know only one language.

Psychophysiology

One important difference is also worthy of note. In children learning a foreign language, new information is stored in one sector of the brain, whereas in mature people the plasticity of this structure is already present, so information is stored in its different parts. This means that in adults, language learning stimulates a larger number of brain sectors, and this, in turn, is useful for mental health, since it serves as a kind of training for cognitive processes.

And although over time, the assimilation of new information is given more difficultly, it is not worth abandoning it. The study of foreign languages serves as a method of preventing incurable diseases, such as, for example, Alzheimer's disease.

So, if you've always wanted to learn English or French, think about it. Perhaps now is the time to begin.