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.- M8 C. g0 ?5 ?5 Z9 k- t
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.7 @8 G* X: T m. w U$ [; H! K! X
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.9 O) R! H! S3 q5 x3 |
Knowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said. ; C# [, `5 Q9 y, P& g* ? ! `3 E. @& B, t 0 }) _" \4 u) H4 y. bFrom: http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... 37c6f484_story.html