Simon says
http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2765833
Jun 17th 2004
From The Economist print edition
Bilingualism may protect the mind from deterioration in old age
IT IS certainly useful to be able to speak more than one language.
But, according to a paper by Ellen Bialystok, of York University in
Canada, and her colleagues, in this month's issue of Psychology and
Aging, it is useful not just for the obvious reason that it makes it
possible to talk to more people. Dr Bialystok found that
"bilinguals"—individuals who grew up speaking two languages and
continue to do so—performed significantly better on a variety of
simple cognitive tasks than people who speak only one. Furthermore,
the differences between the two groups increased with age, leading her
to hypothesise that knowing and using two languages inhibits the
mind's decline.
Ellen Bialystok
http://news.google.com/news?q=%20%22Ellen%20Bialystok%22&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ellen+Bialystok%22&num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=nw&sa=N
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_epq=Ellen%20Bialystok&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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