Intensity of multilingual language use predicts cognitive performance in some multilingual older adults

A Pot, M Keijzer, K De Bot - Brain sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cognitive advantages for bilinguals have inconsistently been observed in different
populations, with different operationalisations of bilingualism, cognitive performance, and …

Multilingualism is associated with small task-specific advantages in cognitive performance of older adults

P Achaa-Amankwaa, E Kushnereva, H Miksch… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The protective effects of multiple language knowledge on the maintenance of cognitive
functions in older adults have been discussed controversially, among others, because of …

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 …

Bilingualism and aging: A focused neuroscientific review

H Zhang, YJ Wu, G Thierry - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2020 - Elsevier
Research has suggested that using two or more languages on a daily basis helps older
adults maintain a heightened functional state and improves neurocomputational efficiency …

Multifactorial approaches to study bilingualism in the aging population: Past, present, future

T Dash, Y Joanette, AI Ansaldo - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
A better understanding and more reliable classification of bilinguals has been progressively
achieved through the fine-tuning methodology and simultaneously optimizing the …

Evidence against a cognitive advantage in the older bilingual population

A Papageorgiou, P Bright… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent evidence has challenged long-standing claims that multi-language acquisition
confers long-term advantages in executive function and may protect against age-related …

How aging and bilingualism influence language processing: Theoretical and neural models

E Rossi, M Diaz - Linguistic approaches to bilingualism, 2016 - jbe-platform.com
Healthy non-pathological aging is characterized by cognitive and neural decline, and
although language is one of the more stable areas of cognition, older adults often show …

[HTML][HTML] Language experience changes language and cognitive ability

E Bialystok, G Poarch - Zeitschrift Fur Erziehungswissenschaft: ZfE, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The sustained use of two languages by bilinguals has been shown to induce broad changes
in language and cognitive abilities across the lifespan. The largest changes are seen as …

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 …

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 …