Scientists are to investigate changes in brain functions among people who are fluent in English and Gaelic.
The study involving Glasgow and Edinburgh universities will require its test subjects to speak Gaelic exclusively for about 40 days.
The research aims to add new scientific evidence to suggestions that people who are bilingual have enhanced problem-solving skills and flexible thinking.
The study will include MRI scans to help detect changes in brain functions.
The study asked people to only speak Gaelic for forty days. Afterwards tasks were set for people and it appears that Gaelic speakers did a lot better than other monolingual English speakers with faster response times and more lateral thinking. Is this because there is perhaps more neurons in the brain, better cross functionality. From personal experience and perhaps Apjp and others might be able to help, the principles of learning a language certainly aided me in learning other languages. The basic structures of language, as advocated by Chomsky IMO kick in and we are capable of learning other languages with some ease .
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