Chapter 9
Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer’s disease
A review of findings
Brian T. Gold | Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Increasing our understanding about neuroprotective lifestyle variables has become a practical imperative in our aging society. Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the use brain resources in a way that allows for coping with neuropathology and maintaining cognitive functioning. A growing body of evidence suggests that bilingualism may represent a form of CR against Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The purpose of the present review is to summarize both behavioral and neuroimaging evidence for bilingualism as a reserve variable against AD. The potential influences of literacy, intelligence, immigration status are discussed. Evidence is reviewed suggesting that bilingualism may delay clinical AD symptoms by protecting against age-related declines in the brain’s executive control circuitry. It is suggested that such potential beneficial effects within executive control systems may enable bilinguals to circumvent the typical effects of AD pathology on symptom expression for several years.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Cognitive reserve
- 2.1Early evidence for bilingualism as a cognitive reserve variable
- 3.Control for potential confounds of bilingualism as a cognitive reserve variable
- 4.Bilingualism appears to be a CR variable
- 5.Effects of bilingualism on memory systems in aging
- 6.Effects of bilingualism on executive control systems in aging
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7.Protecting EC pathways through experience
- 8.Future directions
- 9.Overall conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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