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. + F2 U) D. u" T$ A, b" B2 p% ^/ J" E 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.2 B0 Z- U+ T; x0 l- V1 h
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. l: a5 G! L: B
Knowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.6 p! X$ e+ K; W- c
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