The impact of bilingualism on brain reserve and metabolic connectivity in Alzheimer's dementia

D Perani, M Farsad, T Ballarini… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Cognitive reserve (CR) prevents cognitive decline and delays neurodegeneration. Recent
epidemiological evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may act as CR delaying the …

A cross-sectional and longitudinal study on the protective effect of bilingualism against dementia using brain atrophy and cognitive measures

V Costumero, L Marin-Marin, M Calabria… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Evidence from previous studies suggests that bilingualism contributes to
cognitive reserve because bilinguals manifest the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease …

Bilingualism and cognitive reserve: a critical overview and a plea for methodological innovations

N Calvo, AM García, L Manoiloff… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The decline of cognitive skills throughout healthy or pathological aging can be slowed down
by experiences which foster cognitive reserve (CR). Recently, some studies on Alzheimer's …

Bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve: Evidence from brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

TA Schweizer, J Ware, CE Fischer, FIM Craik… - cortex, 2012 - Elsevier
Much of the research on delaying the onset of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has
focused on pharmacotherapy, but environmental factors have also been acknowledged to …

Bilingualism: Pathway to cognitive reserve

E Bialystok - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Cognitive reserve is characterized by a dissociation between cognitive level and brain
structure, thereby reducing the impact of deteriorating brain structure on cognitive function …

Lifelong bilingualism and neural reserve against Alzheimer's disease: A review of findings and potential mechanisms

BT Gold - Behavioural brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder that initially affects medial temporal
lobe circuitry and memory functions. Current drug treatments have only modest effects on …

Bilingualism, dementia, cognitive and neural reserve

D Perani, J Abutalebi - Current opinion in neurology, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Lifelong bilingualism represents a powerful cognitive reserve delaying the onset of dementia
by approximately 4 years. As to the causal mechanism, because speaking more than one …

Beneficial effect of bilingualism on Alzheimer's disease CSF biomarkers and cognition

A Estanga, M Ecay-Torres, A Ibañez, A Izagirre… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Bilingualism as a component of cognitive reserve has been claimed to delay the onset of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, its effect on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) AD-biomarkers …

Does bilingualism contribute to cognitive reserve? Cognitive and neural perspectives.

E Guzmán-Vélez, D Tranel - Neuropsychology, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Cognitive reserve refers to how individuals actively utilize neural resources to
cope with neuropathology to maintain cognitive functioning. The present review aims to …

Active bilingualism delays the onset of mild cognitive impairment

M Calabria, M Hernández, G Cattaneo, A Suades… - Neuropsychologia, 2020 - Elsevier
Lifelong bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve (CR) in neurodegenerative
diseases as shown by a delay of the age at symptom onset in bilinguals with Alzheimer's …