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Chapter 1. The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain

Current evidence and future research directions
  • Margot D. Sullivan and Ellen Bialystok
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Growing Old with Two Languages
This chapter is in the book Growing Old with Two Languages
© 2017 John Benjamins

© 2017 John Benjamins

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain 1
  4. Chapter 2. Cognitive problems in older adults 9
  5. Chapter 3. How aging and bilingualism influence language processing 21
  6. Chapter 4. Length of residence 55
  7. Chapter 5. Individual differences in cognitive control advantages of elderly late Dutch-English bilinguals 77
  8. Chapter 6. Does bilingual language control decline in older age? 99
  9. Chapter 7. Auditory word recognition across the lifespan 131
  10. Chapter 8. Executive control processes in verbal and nonverbal working memory 161
  11. Chapter 9. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer’s disease 185
  12. Chapter 10. The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort 205
  13. Chapter 11. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve, aging, and dementia 219
  14. Chapter 12. The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia 243
  15. Chapter 13. History-inspired reflections on the Bilingual Advantages Hypothesis 265
  16. Index 297
https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.53.01sul

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Chapter 1. The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain 1
  4. Chapter 2. Cognitive problems in older adults 9
  5. Chapter 3. How aging and bilingualism influence language processing 21
  6. Chapter 4. Length of residence 55
  7. Chapter 5. Individual differences in cognitive control advantages of elderly late Dutch-English bilinguals 77
  8. Chapter 6. Does bilingual language control decline in older age? 99
  9. Chapter 7. Auditory word recognition across the lifespan 131
  10. Chapter 8. Executive control processes in verbal and nonverbal working memory 161
  11. Chapter 9. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer’s disease 185
  12. Chapter 10. The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort 205
  13. Chapter 11. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve, aging, and dementia 219
  14. Chapter 12. The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia 243
  15. Chapter 13. History-inspired reflections on the Bilingual Advantages Hypothesis 265
  16. Index 297
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