Language learning and brain size</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Language learning and brain size"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Language,learning,and,brain,size"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">23-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Language learning and brain size</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_WEV2X1BNvhZxLoFlVLtO_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">London, UK (Nashua Telegraph): Scientists have found evidence to explain why people who learn a second language when they are very young tend to be more proficient bilingual speakers - learning two languages early in life appears to bulk up a key language center in the brain. <br> <br>Andrea Mechelli of the University College in London and colleagues found that the gray matter in a part of the brain involved in language acquisition - called the left inferior parietal cortex - was denser in those who spoke two languages, and especially dense in those who learned the second language while very young. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/HEALTH/41121031 " target="blank">www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/HEALTH/41121031 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show