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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.
0 K& [; A% [" n h1 y! 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.
/ c6 X9 g( H8 {: `1 nAdditional 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.
2 {' n4 b3 ?3 i: _9 GKnowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said." t+ ]2 g4 p9 i! i- ?) u
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发表于 2013-11-18 19:30:57
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