## Learning another language may be one of the best ways to keep your brain healthy Research suggests that bilingualism can offer cognitive benefits. Learning another language is a highly complex mental activity. It requires people to remember words, distinguish unfamiliar sounds, recognize patterns, work out grammatical rules, and retrieve the right expression at the right moment. All of this happens while listening, interpreting, and preparing a response. Could all this mental activity also help keep an aging brain healthier? Research suggests it can. Concerns about memory and dementia can…