In the past, I thought that bilinguals were smarter because they used “more” of their brain to process and speak two languages. My middle school biology professor told the class that bilinguals were able to learn better because the brain was using more “power”. However, now I believe that there is no evidence proving that bilinguals are necessarily smarter than monolinguals. The studies showing that bilinguals are smarter focus on a small subset of people and does not exactly have information as to why bilinguals are supposedly smarter. Furthermore, one cannot generalize that bilinguals are smarter because there are many people who only speak one language but can retain and process information quickly.
I believe that there are cognitive benefits in a sense that bilinguals are constantly learning new words, which stimulates the brain. However, this does not translate to being smarter...
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