Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly improve living and
dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so, will transform the …

Because of enduring experience of managing two languages, bilinguals have been argued
to develop superior executive functioning compared with monolinguals. Despite extensive …

Bilingualism was once thought to result in cognitive disadvantages, but research in recent
decades has demonstrated that experience with two (or more) languages confers a bilingual …

Several researchers have suggested that learning and using a second language requires
domain-general executive functions, and many have shown that bilinguals outperform …

Abstract Purpose of Review The aim of this review is to summarize current conceptual
models of cognitive reserve (CR) and related concepts and to discuss evidence for these …

Acquiring and speaking a second language increases demand on the processes of
language control for bilingual as compared to monolingual speakers. Language control for …

Evidence suggests that bilingualism may contribute to neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve,
allowing individuals to resist cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's disease …

One of the great challenges facing humankind in the 21st century is preserving healthy brain
function in our aging population. Individuals over 60 are the fastest growing age group in the …

Background The concept of reserve was established to account for the observation that a
given degree of neurodegenerative pathology may result in varying degrees of symptoms in …

An important aim of research on bilingualism is to understand how the brain adapts to the
demands of using more than one language. In this paper, we argue that pursuing such an …