Anushka Singh

Back to Journals » Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment » Volume 22 Authors Singh A , Davis F, Anwar AI, Hirsch JD, Barrie SA, Tirumala S, Shekoohi S , Ahmadzadeh S Received 5 November 2025 Accepted for publication 4 February 2026 Published 8 February 2026 Volume 2026:22 Pages 1—11 DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S563824 Checked for plagiarism Yes Review by Single anonymous peer review Peer reviewer comments 3 Editor who approved publication: Dr Roger Pinder Anushka Singh,1 Frances Davis,1...

“You will never be completely at home again because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.”— Miriam Adeney Grihya…the Hindi word for accommodation. In 1998, my mom and I moved from Aligarh, India to the United Arab Emirates. I remember her telling me we left just before my first birthday in September. So, my maternal side of the family made it a point to celebrate before we left home.

Learning a new language is exciting, but finding the right resources and being persistent in your studies can be extremely difficult. The key to learning a new language is getting a little bit in your brain every day, even if it’s just a word. Psychology explains that our metacognition (awareness of mental processes) plays a huge role in learning things, especially foreign languages. This includes being aware of how we learn whether that’s memorization, reading, auditory, etc.