Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the corr

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Circle the correct answer, and provide a sentence or two explaining why the correct answer is correct.

1) Brain scans have led to the astonishing finding that bilingual brains have:

a) A bigger sensory cortex

b) Denser gray matter

c) A smaller sensory cortex

2) If you have literacy skills in one language, what effect will that have on learning to read/write in a second language?

a) Makes it easier if the second langauge is similar (e.g. alphabet)

b) Makes it harder if the second langauge is similar (e.g. alphabet)

c) Makes it harder regardless of similarity

Explanation / Answer

Ans 1 b) Denser gray matter

Bilingual brain has denser gray matter as the brain switches between multiple languages . This reshapes the brain and boosts the gray matter volume in the regions of learning and memory retention.

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