Interracial relationships have many benefits, including learning about different cultures and religions as well as new languages.
Research shows that usually children that originate from interracial marriages due to their genetic diversity, tend to be healthier as they are more resilient to diseases that affect a certain race.
Medical Daily reports on a study that observed 120 nine-year-old students, in order to see if being bilingual had an effect in creative thinking and problem-solving.
“Our study has found that it can have demonstrable benefits, not only in language but in arithmetic, problem-solving and enabling children to think creatively,” Dr Fraser Lauchlan, head of the study, said in a press release.
“We also assessed the children’s vocabulary, not so much for their knowledge of words as their understanding of them. Again, there was a marked difference in the level of detail and richness in description from the bilingual pupils.
“By learning multiple languages from an early age, children are more equipped to understand various ideas and concepts rather than a single, streamlined thought process.”
Moreover, children who are able to express themselves in multiple languages are better communicators, think faster and are more responsive to their own feelings and emotions.
The New York Times recently reported on multiple studies performed on individuals from all age groups (infants to elders) who are being exposed to two native languages, proving they have higher IQs and EQs.
Bilinguals show more empathy and are bound to connect more easily with people coming from different backgrounds.
From adolescence to their 60s, people coming from parents of different nationality and cultural background are reportedly more sexual and based on their lovers’ evaluations, better lovers.
Moreover, Psychology Today reports that people who are bilingual can fluidly respond to challenging tasks, and are more proficient in syntax, figurative language, and metaphors.
The National Academy of Sciences also published a study on seven-month-old infants coming from parents who speak different native languages, compared to children being raised in a mono-language home.
The researchers used audio cues before visual awards. The infants who were exposed to more than one language from birth, adapted to the switched screens at a much faster rate.
Neuropsychologists at the University of California conducted a study on 44 elderly bilingual people, highlighting that dementia onsets much later in life for them.
Susan Ervin-Tripp, from the University of California’s psychology department, has been studying the effects of learning multiple languages on the human experience for years.
“When we are in situations demanding a change in language, we may have a strong sense of a shift in values and feelings,” she explains in her research titled Emotion in Bilingualism.
“Not only does it better connect us to the world and people around us, but multiple languages help us connect to ourselves as we sense new emotional perspectives on life.
“Some bilinguals even report they have two personalities and often succeed in pursuing different career paths at the same time. They tend to be more analytic and self-aware, unafraid to take risks, therefore lead happier lives and travel more.”
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