Bilingual kids are better at concentrating, multitasking, faster to empathize with others

"A slew of recent studies from Northwestern, Princeton, and elsewhere have fund that bilingual kids are better at concentrating, multitasking, and are faster to empathize with others ... " (This exact quote does not exist in the original source article, it is a summary of points made in the original. The citation for both sources are included below)

original source: de Lange, Catherine. "My Two Minds." New Scientist 214 (2012): 30-33. Accessed January 10, 2013. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428631.800-bilingual-brain-boost... found in: "Bilingual Children Have a Leg Up," UTNE Reader, July-Aug. 2012, 10. http://smallplanet.pmhclients.com/spsys/index.php?S=0&C=edit&M=edit_entr... author listed [verified 4/17/14]