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Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains? (2016)

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Re: Multilingual People Have Healthier, More Engaged Brains? (2016)

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Post by fpgaminer »

presstumer wrote: post #15

I often wonder if learning a dialect of a certain field has a similar effect. For example math terms or a complex programming language with things like monads

I would think so. I often find myself cross-germinating the concepts I've learned from new programming languages, paradigms, and mathematics to other problems and discussions. Most recently I learned TLA+ which plays heavily with set theory; in particular the construction of logical "filters" on infinite sets. Ever since, those ways of thinking have become part of my mental toolbox that I interject into other areas.

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Post by smt88 »

coldtea wrote: post #14
tomerico wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that it seems intuitive increases the risk that the study is wrong

Well, most common sense things are indeed right, so...

That's what GP is referring to. Because people don't expect common sense to be overturned, bad science that supports it tends to survive and reach wider audiences.

So if you're ready about a study that supports common sense, it had unfair advantages to reach you and is less likely to have underlying merit.

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Post by saschag »

just because schizms can be the cause of more activity and different insights it promises no more health than someone without conflicts, in principle. new conclusions could be beneficial, ie. understanding that spanish and english are equally imperfect but at the same time it's like claiming that we need to experience bad for good to be good.

i speak a number of different languages and dialects and all it gave me is the realisation that babel bla.

the goal should be a whole(some) dense system. with only few necessary disconnects.

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Post by sarbaz »

tomerico wrote: post #5
hombre_fatal wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems far-fetched to you that learning a second language has benefits for the brain?

The fact that it seems intuitive increases the risk that the study is wrong

There is actually a pretty good study that shows that people are able to guess which studies will replicate and which will not:

https://80000hours.org/psychology-replication-quiz/

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Post by JamesBarney »

graphpapa wrote: post #12
pen2l wrote: post #10

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As someone who grew up in a bilingual environment, it seems intuitive to me that I'm worse for it (in terms of my social dealings and my problem-solving skills). I think if I had linguistic skills tested, I would probably be rated above-average for both English and my maternal tongue, but somehow to me it just doesn't feel that way... and I find this profoundly annoying, I feel home nowhere.

Under-reporting of one’s ability is often related to having a _higher_ ability though. perhaps a heightened perception of your linguistic shortcomings is an unfortunate by-product of that superior ability I don’t know what I believe is true - I’m just saying it’s possible the study could be true AND it also be the case that many multilinguals feel the opposite

> Under-reporting of one’s ability is often related to having a _higher_ ability though. perhaps a heightened perception of your linguistic shortcomings is an unfortunate by-product of that superior ability

I don't think this is true. Unless you've misreading the Dunning Krueger paper.

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