[lg policy] Fwd: [Edling] Speaking Two Languages May Delay Dementia

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: <edling at bunner.geol.lu.se>


 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.



Full story:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2013/11/07/study-speaking-two-languages-may-delay-dementia?google_editors_picks=true

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