标题: 【Daily Reading】Speaking two languages may forestall the onset of dementia [打印本页] 作者: vivian 时间: 2013-11-18 19:30 标题: 【Daily Reading】Speaking two languages may forestall the onset of dementia Speaking two languages may keep the mind sharp longer than knowing only a single language, even in those who can’t read. ' u+ P1 t! x1 k: h 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.5 F2 F& m0 k% `: N- o1 `
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., I. ]6 Y7 g8 R6 w! T n( _- v% k: s
Knowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.! l( Z, w% Q: g4 I) ^+ ~$ Z: U