executive control system<\/strong>, \u201cwhose job it is to resolve competition\u201d between the two languages in presence.<\/p>\n\n
She also claims \u201csomething as ordinary as speaking a couple of languages reconfigures the brain network in a way that positively affects certain things that brains do\u201d. And most of the few examples she takes happen to relate to Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n
A study was led at a geriatric center in Toronto with 200 clear cases of Alzheimer’s disease. The research team separated the bilinguals from the monolinguals, and checked at what age the patients had been diagnosed. \u201cThe bilinguals were all significantly older, by about four years. We repeated that study using another 200 patients and got identical results\u201d, Bialystok says.<\/p>\n
Another similar study showed that bilingual Alzheimer-diagnosed patients could cope with the disease better than monolingual Alzheimer-diagnosed patients, even when they had a more advanced form of the disease.<\/p>\n
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Be that as it may, and that\u2019s professor Bialystok\u2019s conclusion, \u201cany intellectually engaged activity requiring intense involvement will keep your brain healthy<\/strong>\u201d. \u201cLanguage should be a central part of the curriculum but not because bilingualism postpones the onset of dementia (\u2026). Learning other languages is important because it helps you understand other people, other cultures, other ways of thinking<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n\n
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