By – Neha Gupta Ajay Rajaram

 How are multi-linguistic skills developed in humans?

 Difference in cognition of multi-linguists and mono-linguists  Impact of multi-linguistic skills on other aspects of cognition and creativity

 How does bilingualism affect cognitive processes across the life span of human being?

 Neuroscience View on the working of the brains of bilingual people – uses Neuro- Imaging to study brain activation when a person switches one language to another

 Study by Anatoliy Kharkhurin examines the possible impact of bilingualism on creativity  The suggestion is that bilingualism seems to have a positive impact on creativity  However, does bilingualism have a direct impact on creativity or does it impact the mechanisms and processes underlying creativity? (Hommel et al. 2011)

 Studies cognitive factors in bilingual children, and how children develop the ability to speak the right language at the right time

 “Dialogue through design: visual communication across the cultural divide”, Kara Pecknold  “In translation: a visualization of Language”, Linda Becker

 Survey of related work  Experiments to support the conclusion

 Paper providing an insight into the development and impact of multi-linguistic skills, especially in children  Correlation between linguistic skills and other non-linguistic creative and cognitive abilities - music, arithmetic, art, etc  Experimental data pertaining to multilingualism and to support the above hypothesis