|
游客
- 积分
- 0
|
Speaking two languages may keep the mind sharp longer than knowing only a single language, even in those who can’t read.% S2 p4 w/ ~0 N4 m9 L
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./ {6 i% t( w6 p5 f
Additional 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.
2 z* H. H X1 C9 UKnowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.: p- a. S# ]9 P3 O; P6 a- h2 J
) S: e' R6 F6 [0 X) q' c4 k% C0 }) {
6 E. Y. ^$ g4 L8 A
From: http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... 37c6f484_story.html |
|
发表于 2013-11-18 19:30:57
收藏