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They look at certain words in a different way than their monolingual counterparts.
和只會一種語言的人相比，他們會用不同視角去看待特定詞語。
People who speak two languages may process certain words faster, particularly if the word has the same meaning in both languages, according to a Psychological Science study. Using eye-movement technology, researchers found that bilingual people spend less time looking at "cognate words" -- words that have the same meaning in two languages, such as the word "sport" for both English and Dutch -- which suggests their brains need less time to process the word, Scientific American reported.
一則心理科學研究表明，會講兩種語言的人處理特定詞語會更快，尤其當此詞在兩種語言中有相同意思時。《美國科學》報道，采用眼動技術，研究人員發現會講兩種語言的人用了更少的時間看“同源詞語”——在兩種語言中意思相同的詞語。比如“運動”一詞在英語和荷蘭語中就是如此——這說明他們的大腦處理此詞所需時間更少。
