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ABC7 News
Could Artificial Intelligence Eliminate Languages?
April 20, 2023
Next Big Idea Club
The Power of Language: How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform our Minds.
Spring 2023
The Washington Post
AI Could Cause a Mass-Extinction of Languages - And Ways of Thinking
April 19, 2023
Translated into Hindi for the Indian newspaper Rajasthan Patrika
Euronews.culture
"The Power of Language": 5 ways multilingual brains work differently.
April 5, 2023
Translated into French for Euronews France
Translated into Spanish for Euronews Spain
Republished in Yahoo! News UK
Fast Company
Bilingual? You should try thinking problems through in two languages.
March 31, 2023
Translated into French for Slate
New Scientist
The Power of Language: What Speaking Many Languages Can Do.
April 12, 2023
What The Parent?
Viorica Marian Talks About Her Book, The Power of Language, and Why We (and Our Kids) Should Learn Another Language
April 6, 2023
Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction Summer 2023 Reads
March 24, 2023
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Kansas Public Radio
The Power of Language - How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform our Minds.
April 20, 2023
Wisconsin Public Radio
How Languages of All Sorts Unlock Our Brain's Potential.
April 19, 2023
KNX News Radio Los Angeles
Will AI Speed Up the Disappearance of Lesser-Known Languages?
April 20, 2023
Multilingual Montessori
Episode 39: The Power of Language with Viorica Marian.
April 12, 2023
Write On! Radio
Interview with Dr. Viorica Marian.
April 11, 2023
Tune in at 4:50 to listen to Professor Marian's part.
Talk Louisiana
Viorica Marian, Chief Murphy Paul, Mark Ballard, Glen Bynum
April 6, 2023
WVON Morning Show
Interview with Professor Marian
April 6, 2023
Life Elsewhere
The Power of Language - How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform our Minds.
April 6, 2023
Ozarks at Large
Interview about the bilingual brain
April 6, 2023
The Exchange
Interview with Professor Viorica Marian
April 6, 2023
95X Morning Show with Rick & Thomas
Interview about the Power of Language
April 6, 2023
Walk Me Through
S2E7: Walk me through bilingualism.
February 24, 2023
Tune in at 24:40 to listen to Professor Marian's part.
National Public Radio (WBEZ91.5)
Clever Apes #31:
On the bilingual brain.
June 6, 2012
BBC
Benefits of bilingualism. On language co-activation and consequences of bilingualism.
October 13, 2014
talkRADIO
The Late Late Early Early Show with Paul Ross. On learning another language.
May 3, 2018
National Institutes of Health
Podcast on Bilingualism. On the bilingual brain and cognitive control.
February 23, 2015
Smart Drug Smarts Podcast
Episode #227: How language affects thought.
May 14, 2018
KIQI 1010 San Francisco & KATD 990 Sacramento
On attitudes towards and consequences of bilingualism.
March 18, 2015
Cambridge 105. 105 Drive with Julian Clover
Bilingual children.
October 14, 2014
Voice of Islam: Drive Time
Dying Languages. On the cognitive and emotional effects of bilingualism.
March 14, 2018
WATCH
CBS News
Alderman, alderperson, alderwoman? The great City Council debate continues.
May 11, 2023
Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
"The Power of Language" Book Talk with Viorica Marian
April 17, 2023
January 30, 2017
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The Times of India
Yes, haan, athe. Our multi-lingual world is a gift.
May 21, 2023
Fast Company
The Surprising Creative Power of the Multilingual Brain
May 6, 2023
The Washington Post
AI, Indigenous Languages and Cocaine Hippos.
April 21, 2023
KERA Think
Want to Strengthen Your Brain? Learn Another Language.
April 10, 2023
Alaska Commons
The Impact of Speaking Multiple Languages on the Mind
April 6, 2023
Literature Hub
23 New Books Out Today
April 4, 2023
Psychology Today
Expressions and Gestures Can Be ‘Worth a Thousand Words’
April 4, 2023
Behavioral Scientist
It’s a Bouba, Not a Kiki: The Relationship Between Sound, Form, and Meaning
April 3, 2023
Psychology Today
For bilinguals, identity is influenced by language.
April 3, 2023
Translated into Spanish for Psychology Today
Dialogue (Northwestern University School of Communication Magazine)
Exploring the bilingual brain.
Winter 2023
Early Learning Nation
Bilingualism is a resource, not a disability. Education professionals need to follow the science.
February 1, 2023.
Next Big Idea Club
April 2023 Must-Read Books
February 16, 2023
Chicago Tribune
The other Yanny vs. Laurel: How learning a 2nd language alters sensory perception.
May 25, 2018.
Huffington Post
Bilingual people may have more efficient brains.
November 13, 2014.
Speaking more than one language can boost economic growth. February 6, 2018.
Lancaster Online
US children should be taught a second language.
December 13, 2020.
The Economist
Variety makes you (mentally) fit.
October 17, 2014.
Psychology Today
When you see objects, you think words.
June 23, 2015.
Psychology Today
When bilinguals listen.
September 21, 2013.
Psychology Today
Forgotten? Try your other language.
July 3, 2013.
Medical News Today
Bilingualism: What happens in the brain?
October 4, 2017.
Bilingualism Matters
Myths and Misconceptions in Multilingualism.
November 22, 2017.
Northwestern News
Learning a second language alters sensory perception.
May 11, 2018.
Experience Life
Why adults can — and should — learn a second language.
June, 2018.
The Santa Barbara Independent.
The bilingual advantage.
February 6, 2014.
AV CLUB
Researchers invent Stephen Colbert-inspired language to test theory that we'll write about it
July 23, 2012
Northwestern Magazine
Benefits of bilingualism.
Spring, 2015.
Dialogue
Seeing the world through a bilingual brain.
Winter, 2019.
The Neuron Club
Cerebrum article.
November 2, 2012.
New Scientist
Bilingual brain boost: Two tongues, two minds.
May 8, 2012.