Bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve: Evidence from brain atrophy in Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 991-996

  Schweizer, Tom A ^a,b,c   Ware, Jenna ^b   Fischer, Corinne E ^a,c   Craik, Fergus I M ^d,e   Bialystok, Ellen ^d,f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Atrophy; Bilingualism; Cognitive reserve; Medial temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MONOLINGUAL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; RATING SCALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84863778920     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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