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 …

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 …

Evidence suggests that bilingualism may contribute to neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve,
allowing individuals to resist cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease …

Background: Bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve, protect against cognitive
decline, and delay the onset of dementia. Objective: We systematically reviewed evidence …

The relation between bilingualism and cognition is informative about the connection
between language and mind. From the perspective of language, the question is how …

Building on earlier evidence showing a beneficial effect of bilingualism on children's
cognitive development, we review recent studies using both behavioral and neuroimaging …

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 …

Background Evidence from previous studies suggests that bilingualism contributes to
cognitive reserve because bilinguals manifest the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease …

The bilingual advantage hypothesis contends that the management of two languages in the
brain is carried out through domain‐general mechanisms, and that bilinguals possess a …

The heated debate regarding bilingual cognitive advantages remains ongoing. While there
are many studies supporting positive cognitive effects of bilingualism, recent meta-analyses …