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 …

The relationship of bilingualism compared to monolingualism to the risk of cognitive decline or dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

N Mukadam, A Sommerlad… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2017 - content.iospress.com
Background: Bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve, protect against cognitive
decline, and delay the onset of dementia. Objective: We systematically reviewed evidence …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive control, cognitive reserve, and memory in the aging bilingual brain

A Grant, NA Dennis, P Li - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In recent years bilingualism has been linked to both advantages in executive control and
positive impacts on aging. Such positive cognitive effects of bilingualism have been …

[HTML][HTML] 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 and domain-general cognitive functions from a neural perspective: A systematic review

L Tao, G Wang, M Zhu, Q Cai - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A large body of research has indicated that bilingualism–through continual practice in
language control–may impact cognitive functions, as well as relevant aspects of brain …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Intensity of multilingual language use predicts cognitive performance in some multilingual older adults

A Pot, M Keijzer, K De Bot - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cognitive advantages for bilinguals have inconsistently been observed in different
populations, with different operationalisations of bilingualism, cognitive performance, and …

The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia: Finding a path through a forest of confounding variables

TH Bak - Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2016 - jbe-platform.com
Within the current debates on cognitive reserve, cognitive ageing and dementia increasingly
showing a positive effect of mental, social and physical activities on health in older age …

Neural correlates of cognitive processing in monolinguals and bilinguals

JG Grundy, JAE Anderson… - Annals of the new York …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we review the neural correlates of cognitive control associated with bilingualism. We
demonstrate that lifelong practice managing two languages orchestrates global changes to …