As Alzheimer's disease progresses, hippocampus, the area related to memory shrinks, but knowing two or more languages helps ...

Bilingualism has long been known to have cognitive benefits for older adults. Research shows it helping delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by up to five years compared to monolingual adults.

Bilingualism has long been known to have cognitive benefits for older adults. Research shows it helping delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease by up to five years compared to monolingual adults.

Keep your brain sharp — it's the most important tool you have to stave off mental decline. Studies suggest that one skill in particular may delay the onset of dementia.

Cognition Bilingualism Benefits Young and Old Bilingualism is an asset, not a liability. ... The richness of input influences language acquisition and cognitive development.

In sum, bilingualism would seem to have a positive effect on later-life cognition, as do other factors that have been known about for a much longer time. For a full list of "Life as a bilingual ...

Bilingualism and Cognition Having discussed many points about the way society views bilingualism and how societies are bilingual, we now have to move on to thinking about the individual. Just as we ...

Attitudes toward bilingualism have changed significantly in the past 50 years. Gone are the days when using a second language in the home was frowned upon, labeled as confusing for children and ...

But psychologist Claudia von Bastian, at University of Colorado, Boulder, and colleagues at the University of Zurich, recently published a study quantifying bilingualism along all these dimensions ...

Researchers hope to prove that all bilingualism has ... A 2015 study she conducted with colleagues showed that across age groups the language and general cognitive abilities of Sardinian–Italian ...

"The advantages of bilingualism in children's social-cognitive development likely stem from a greater communicative flexibility that ... Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2023; 1 DOI: 10.1017 ...

More information: Kristina Coulter et al, Bilinguals show evidence of brain maintenance in Alzheimer's disease, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (2024). DOI: 10.1017/S1366728924000221.