The effect of bilingualism on amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Ossher, Lynn ^a   Bialystok, Ellen ^b,c   Craik, Fergus I M ^c,d   Murphy, Kelly J ^d,e   Troyer, Angela K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; bilingualism; Cognitive reserve; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMNESIA; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84871731488     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs038     Document Type: Article

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