Speaking Two Languages May Delay Dementia

Fri Nov 8 11:34:43 UTC 2013

US News and World Report

Speaking Two Languages May Delay Dementia

New research shows you may want to dust off that French textbook. Speaking a second language delays the onset of dementia, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Neurology. Researchers analyzed 648 people from India who were diagnosed with dementia and had an average age of 66. They found that the people who spoke two languages developed dementia about four and a half years later than folks who spoke just one language, even if the bilingual participants could not read.

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