The advantages of learning a foreign language.

 

学习一门外语的优势

 

You become more perceptive

 

更能明察事理

 

 

A study from Spain's University of Pompeu Fabra revealed that multilingual people are better at observing their surroundings.

 

 

They are more adept at focusing on relevant information and editing out the irrelevant. They're also better at spotting misleading information.

 

 

Is it any surprise that Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot are skilled polyglots?