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. . G* g1 }% C8 x3 T$ W, _, R7 Q' 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. + A3 E1 m1 S1 l" F! p! x! X& s# g9 `/ xAdditional 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.- m7 D- R9 E0 R: A; q: H. x
Knowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.& v, k7 @; ~+ e4 B9 g; A! |' Y) N