THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND COGNITIVE BENEFITS OF MULTILINGUALISM

Abstract

This article looks into the ways how acquisition of several languages benefits people psychologically and cognitively. In the initial chapters the article provides data about the prior research that has been carried out about the effects of language learning on human mind following which it analyzes the survey results where over 30 participants shared information about the effects of languages on their individuality as well as their cognition. Furthermore, they answered questions about the impact of multilingualism on their personality.