Lifelong bilingualism contributes to cognitive reserve against white matter integrity declines in aging

BT Gold, NF Johnson, DK Powell - Neuropsychologia, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve (CR)
in normal aging. However, there is currently no neuroimaging evidence to suggest that …

Effects of bilingualism on white matter integrity in older adults

JAE Anderson, JG Grundy, J De Frutos, RM Barker… - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
Bilingualism can delay the onset of dementia symptoms and has thus been characterized as
a mechanism for cognitive or brain reserve, although the origin of this reserve is unknown …

Lifelong bilingualism maintains white matter integrity in older adults

G Luk, E Bialystok, FIM Craik… - Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 - Soc Neuroscience
Previous research has shown that bilingual speakers have higher levels of cognitive control
than comparable monolinguals, especially at older ages. The present study investigates a …

The effect of lifelong bilingualism on regional grey and white matter volume

RK Olsen, MM Pangelinan, C Bogulski… - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Lifelong bilingualism is associated with the delayed diagnosis of dementia, suggesting
bilingual experience is relevant to brain health in aging. While the effects of bilingualism on …

Poorer clinical outcomes for older adult monolinguals when matched to bilinguals on brain health

M Berkes, N Calvo, JAE Anderson, E Bialystok… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
Previous studies have reported bilingualism to be a proxy of cognitive reserve (CR) based
on evidence that bilinguals express dementia symptoms~ 4 years later than monolinguals …

Bilingualism protects anterior temporal lobe integrity in aging

J Abutalebi, M Canini, PA Della Rosa, LP Sheung… - Neurobiology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cerebral gray-matter volume (GMV) decreases in normal aging but the extent of the
decrease may be experience-dependent. Bilingualism may be one protective factor and in …

Bilingualism provides a neural reserve for aging populations

J Abutalebi, L Guidi, V Borsa, M Canini, PA Della Rosa… - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
It has been postulated that bilingualism may act as a cognitive reserve and recent
behavioral evidence shows that bilinguals are diagnosed with dementia about 4–5 years …

Bilingualism contributes to reserve and working memory efficiency: Evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging

JAE Anderson, JG Grundy, CL Grady, FIM Craik… - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
This study compared brain and behavioral outcomes for monolingual and bilingual older
adults who reported no cognitive or memory problems on three types of memory that …

Neuroplasticity across the lifespan and aging effects in bilinguals and monolinguals

N Del Maschio, S Sulpizio, F Gallo, D Fedeli… - Brain and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Evidence that bilingualism protects against age-related neurocognitive decline is mixed.
One relatively consistent finding is that bilingual seniors have greater grey matter volume …

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 …