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Speaking two languages may keep the mind sharp longer than knowing only a single language, even in those who can’t read.
2 W& \" C- r# ?6 a0 v 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./ k8 L7 i% W3 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./ b( T. Q7 D+ Z8 q1 Z
Knowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.
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发表于 2013-11-18 19:30:57
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