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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./ d- q0 C: o7 `2 O# f3 ]7 x
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. P4 p: G2 f: I, r
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.
8 Y2 x6 o5 z Y6 t5 z0 k7 A2 V( }, b) GKnowing three or more languages provided no extra benefit, the authors said.5 M9 {7 `6 P, U9 g( W
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1 L4 E. u# N' j ^9 Q. BFrom: http://www.washingtonpost.com/na ... 37c6f484_story.html |
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发表于 2013-11-18 19:30:57
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