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Speaking two languages may keep the mind sharp longer than knowing only a single language, even in those who can’t read.
                        Scientists reviewed the records of 391 bilingual and 257 monolingual patients diagnosed with dementia between 2006 and 2012 at a clinic in Hyderabad, India. Patients who spoke two languages developed the first signs of dementia an average of 4.5 years later than those who spoke only one language.
. ?1 s2 a; y$ T$ C3 u& P( p9 X$ AAdditional results suggest that education alone cannot account for the difference. Bilingual speakers who could not read developed dementia an average of six years later than single-language speakers, the researchers reported last week in the journal Neurology.
/ h2 m$ A5 s6 i) b. V, XKnowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.
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& e) [9 ^9 I: \0 z. @From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... 37c6f484_story.html