[HTML][HTML] The advantages of bilingualism debate

M Antoniou - Annual Review of Linguistics, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Bilingualism was once thought to result in cognitive disadvantages, but research in recent
decades has demonstrated that experience with two (or more) languages confers a bilingual …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Brain network activity in monolingual and bilingual older adults

CL Grady, G Luk, FIM Craik, E Bialystok - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
Bilingual older adults typically have better performance on tasks of executive control (EC)
than do their monolingual peers, but differences in brain activity due to language experience …

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 …

Effects of bilingualism on the age of onset and progression of MCI and AD: evidence from executive function tests.

E Bialystok, FIM Craik, MA Binns, L Ossher… - …, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous articles have reported that bilingualism is associated with a substantial delay in the
onset of both Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The present …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering the mechanisms responsible for why language learning may promote healthy cognitive aging

M Antoniou, SM Wright - Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
One of the great challenges facing humankind in the 21st century is preserving healthy brain
function in our aging population. Individuals over 60 are the fastest growing age group in the …

Positive cognitive effects of bilingualism and multilingualism on cerebral function: A review

C Quinteros Baumgart, SB Billick - Psychiatric Quarterly, 2018 - Springer
A review of the current literature regarding bilingualism demonstrates that bilingualism is
linked to higher levels of controlled attention and inhibition in executive control and can …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Lifelong exposure to multilingualism: new evidence to support cognitive reserve hypothesis

M Perquin, M Vaillant, AM Schuller, J Pastore… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Investigate the protective effect of multilingualism on cognition in seniors. Methods
As part of the MemoVie study conducted on 232 non-demented volunteers aged 65 and …

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 …