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.: s) e6 h/ r/ Q9 Z4 R! X
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.! c! h3 e* P, o$ {
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. ( ]. d( v* n. OKnowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said. : ?, M2 C: z1 {, c' v) z( |7 l- E# ^+ V: P( r7 D3 f