[HTML][HTML] Bilingualism and aging: Implications for (delaying) neurocognitive decline

F Gallo, V DeLuca, Y Prystauka, T Voits… - Frontiers in Human …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
As a result of advances in healthcare, the worldwide average life expectancy is steadily
increasing. However, this positive trend has societal and individual costs, not least because …

[HTML][HTML] Bilingual experience affects white matter integrity across the lifespan

V DeLuca, T Voits - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Bilingualism has been associated with increases in compensatory mechanisms to age-
related neurocognitive decline thus delaying dementia symptom onset and leading to a …

Examining the relation between bilingualism and age of symptom onset in frontotemporal dementia

J de Leon, SM Grasso, IE Allen, DP Escueta… - Bilingualism …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Bilingualism is thought to confer advantages in executive functioning, thereby contributing to
cognitive reserve and a later age of dementia symptom onset. While the relation between …

Harnessing the bilingual descent down the mountain of life: Charting novel paths for Cognitive and Brain Reserves research

J Rothman - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2024 - cambridge.org
Evidence from various empirical study types have converged to show bilingualism's
potential for serving as a cognitive and brain reserves contributor. In this article, I …

Multitasking models are robust to structural failure: A neural model for bilingual cognitive reserve

G Daras, N Raoof, Z Gkalitsiou… - Advances in Neural …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We find a surprising connection between multitask learning and robustness to neuron
failures. Our experiments show that bilingual language models retain higher performance …

Is there a bilingual advantage in auditory attention among children? A systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized auditory attention tests

W Bao, C Alain, M Thaut, M Molnar - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A wealth of research has investigated the associations between bilingualism and cognition,
especially in regards to executive function. Some developmental studies reveal different …

Gray matter volume as evidence for cognitive Reserve in Bilinguals with Mild Cognitive Impairment

N Calvo, JAE Anderson, M Berkes… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Compared with monolinguals, bilinguals have a later onset of mild cognitive
impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease symptoms and greater neuropathology at similar …

[HTML][HTML] Degree of multilingual engagement modulates resting state oscillatory activity across the lifespan

T Voits, V DeLuca, J Hao, K Elin, J Abutalebi… - Neurobiology of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multilingualism has been demonstrated to lead to a more favorable trajectory of
neurocognitive aging, yet our understanding of its effect on neurocognition across the …

[HTML][HTML] Age-specific activation patterns and inter-subject similarity during verbal working memory maintenance and cognitive reserve

C Habeck, Y Gazes, Y Stern - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive Reserve (CR), according to a recent consensus definition of the NIH-funded
Reserve and Resilience collaboratory, 1 is constituted by any mechanism contributing to …

Bilingualism reduces associations between cognition and the brain at baseline, but does not show evidence of cognitive reserve over time

MR Elliott, DM Mungas, MA Rentería… - Bilingualism …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Studies suggest that bilingualism may be associated with better cognition, but the role of
active bilingualism, the daily use of two languages, on cognitive trajectories remains …