Does bilingualism influence cognitive aging?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 959-963

  Bak, Thomas H ^a   Nissan, Jack J ^a   Allerhand, Michael M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84903735440     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24158     Document Type: Article

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