Does bilingualism influence cognitive aging?

TH Bak, JJ Nissan, MM Allerhand… - Annals of neurology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests a positive impact of bilingualism on cognition, including later
onset of dementia. However, monolinguals and bilinguals might have different baseline …

Bilingualism: consequences for mind and brain

E Bialystok, FIM Craik, G Luk - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
Building on earlier evidence showing a beneficial effect of bilingualism on children's
cognitive development, we review recent studies using both behavioral and neuroimaging …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Does bilingualism protect against dementia? A meta-analysis

JAE Anderson, K Hawrylewicz, JG Grundy - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2020 - Springer
Evidence suggests that bilingualism may contribute to neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve,
allowing individuals to resist cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease …

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 …

Impact of bilingualism on cognitive outcome after stroke

S Alladi, TH Bak, S Mekala, A Rajan, JR Chaudhuri… - Stroke, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Bilingualism has been associated with slower cognitive aging
and a later onset of dementia. In this study, we aimed to determine whether bilingualism also …

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 …