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Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy

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  1. aduwah · · focus · HN ↗
    I find that I am having a different personality in each (3) languages I speak, especially in context in a different country. When I switch back to my original language to speak to someone in said country my habits I do in my original country come back for the part and then I revert back. Feels a bit schizophrenic, but I think it is normal for most people. My child is showing similar patterns.

    To me this is proof that learning a language touches a lot of parts in our brain, not just affect the parts about learning

    1. evilbob93 · · focus · HN ↗
      I knew a German person who was a NLP practitioner who said that he didn't know how to be depressed in English
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