For quite a while it was thought that being bilingual had only functional changes in the brain. Within the last decade scientists have discovered that the brain is physically changed by the addition of another language. Bilingual patients had more grey matter than monolingual patients. Take a look at this article for more information:
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/news/20041013/being-bilingual-boosts-brain-power
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