Learning a Second Language Linked to Increases in Brain Tissue and Quality of Life in Small Study of People With MS
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2019
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 -- The National Multiple Sclerosis Society issued the following news:
Austrian researchers found increases in brain tissue volume in areas of the brain related to language in 11 adults in early stages of MS and 12 adults without MS who completed a second language (English) learning program. The participants with MS also showed improvements in health related quality of life. The team is led by Rainer Ehling, MD (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria).
Austrian researchers found increases in brain tissue volume in areas of the brain related to language in 11 adults in early stages of MS and 12 adults without MS who completed a second language (English) learning program. The participants with MS also showed improvements in health related quality of life. The team is led by Rainer Ehling, MD (Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria).