Growing old with two languages : effects of bilingualism on cognitive aging
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Growing old with two languages : effects of bilingualism on cognitive aging
(Studies in bilingualism / editors, Kees De Bot, Thom Huebner, v. 53)
J. Benjamins, c2017
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection brings together two areas of research that are currently receiving great attention in both scientific and public spheres: cognitive aging and bilingualism. With ongoing media focus on the aging population and the need for activities to forestall cognitive decline, experiences that appear effective in maintaining functioning are of great interest. One such experience is lifelong bilingualism. Moreover, research into the cognitive effects of bilingualism has increased dramatically in the past decade, making it an exciting area of study. This volume combines these issues and presents the most recent research and thinking into the effects of bilingualism on cognitive decline in aging. The contributors are all leading scholars in their field. The result is a state-of-the art collection on the effect of bilingualism on cognition in older populations for both healthy aging and aging with dementia. The papers will be of interest to researchers, students, and health professionals.
Table of Contents
- 1. Chapter 1. The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain: Current evidence and future research directions (by Sullivan, Margot D.)
- 2. Chapter 2. Cognitive problems in older adults: Can bilingualism help? (by Craik, Fergus I.M.)
- 3. Chapter 3. How aging and bilingualism influence language processing: Theoretical and neural models (by Rossi, Eleonora)
- 4. Chapter 4. Length of residence: Does it make a difference in older bilinguals? (by Higby, Eve)
- 5. Chapter 5. Individual differences in cognitive control advantages of elderly late Dutch-English bilinguals (by Keijzer, Merel C.J.)
- 6. Chapter 6. Does bilingual language control decline in older age? (by Ivanova, Iva)
- 7. Chapter 7. Auditory word recognition across the lifespan: Links between linguistic and nonlinguistic inhibitory control in bilinguals and monolinguals (by Blumenfeld, Henrike K.)
- 8. Chapter 8. Executive control processes in verbal and nonverbal working memory: The role of aging and bilingualism (by Sullivan, Margot D.)
- 9. Chapter 9. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer's disease: A review of findings (by Gold, Brian T.)
- 10. Chapter 10. The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort (by Ljungberg, Jessica K.)
- 11. Chapter 11. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve, aging, and dementia: What is the new ground to cover? (by Chauvin, Alexandre)
- 12. Chapter 12. The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia: Finding a path through a forest of confounding variables (by Bak, Thomas H.)
- 13. Chapter 13. History-inspired reflections on the Bilingual Advantages Hypothesis (by Titone, Debra)
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