While there is a growing body of research on second language acquisition (SLA) in children,
adolescents, young and more mature adults, much remains to be explored about how adults …

As the population ages, understanding how to maintain older adults' cognitive abilities is
essential. Bilingualism has been linked to higher cognitive reserve, better performance in …

Research to date suggests that second language acquisition results in functional and
structural changes in the bilingual brain, however, in what way and how quickly these …

As human longevity increases, the proportion of older people worldwide increases as well.
Statistics show that, while the population of older adults (ages 65+) was 5% in the 1960s, in …

Sensory deprivation theory is an important hypothesis involving potential pathways between
hearing loss and cognitive impairment in patients with presbycusis. The theory suggests that …

Neural Plasticity Across the Lifespan reviews the recent scientific developments which are
transforming our understanding of the human brain. For many years it was thought that …

Calls to diversify second language acquisition (SLA)(eg, Ortega, 2013) have led to
increased interest in multilingualism and inclusion of groups less represented in samples of …

The present study aimed at distinguishing processing of early learned L2 words from late
ones for Chinese natives who learn English as a foreign language. Specifically, we …

Behavioral and neural correlates of cross-linguistic transfer (CLT) effects were studied at the
word level, in a pair of linguistically distant languages. Twelve adult Persian speakers were …

Introduction: If ever attained, adopting native-like accent is achieved late in the learning
process. Resemblance between L2 and mother tongue can facilitate L2 learning. In …