Acquiring and speaking a second language increases demand on the processes of
language control for bilingual as compared to monolingual speakers. Language control for …

The Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI) is an ongoing prospective longitudinal study
focused on identifying determinants of brain health. The main objectives are:(i) to …

This chapter reviews current knowledge about the relationship between language control
and executive control (EC) mechanisms in bilingual speakers. The most common strategy to …

Evidence that bilingualism protects against age-related neurocognitive decline is mixed.
One relatively consistent finding is that bilingual seniors have greater grey matter volume …

Background The contribution of psychological factors to brain health and resilience remains
poorly investigated. Furthermore, their possible interaction with 'classical'cognitive reserve …

Lifelong bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve (CR) in neurodegenerative
diseases as shown by a delay of the age at symptom onset in bilinguals with Alzheimer's …

The present study investigated language inhibition and cross-language interference as two
possible mechanisms of bilingual language control (BLC) that can be affected by …

This section briefly summarizes Albert Costa's main scientific contributions and introduces
the main themes elaborated in the nine chapters comprised in this volume. These chapters …

Neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have
clarified our understanding of multilingual speech and its neural underpinnings. Multilingual …

This chapter provides a detailed analysis of different types of metaphors that have been
used in academic discourse to explain how different languages coexist and interact in a …