In his blog at the Wall Street Journal, Robert Lee Histz writes about a study which claims that the ability to speak two languages can make bilingual people better able to pay attention than those who can only speak one language.

In his Wall Street Journal blog titled “The Bilingual Brain Is Sharper and More Focused, Study Says”, author Robert Lee Histz writes about the research and conclusions of the study published in he Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

”Scientists have long suspected that some enhanced mental abilities might be tied to structural differences in brain networks shaped by learning more than one language,” writes Histz. “Just as a musician’s brain can be altered by the long hours of practice needed to master an instrument.”. Read the complete story here.