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Re:Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing by... by libertine on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @03:15AM (#48814616)
One thing that stood out to me some years ago and I found interesting is that depending on the language I'm using my thought patterns kind of change.

Putting in another term, I think differently in different languages.

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Re:Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing by... by sidpatil on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @06:20AM (#48815815)
This phenomenon is referred to as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
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