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多学一门外语可以延缓老年痴呆
Talk about the power of words—speaking at least two languages may slow dementia in the aging brain, new research shows.
最新研究显示,语言的力量——至少会说两门语言可以延缓大脑衰老过程中的痴呆。
Scientists already knew that bilingual young adults and children perform better on tasks dictated by the brain's executive control system.
科学家们早就发现，双语年轻成人和孩子们执行大脑执行控制系统下发出的任务时表现更好。
Located at the front of the brain, this system is 'the basis for your ability to think in complex ways, control attention, and do everything we think of as uniquely human thought,' said Ellen Bialystok, a psychologist at York University in Toronto, Canada.
加拿大多伦约克大学心理学家多爱伦•比亚韦斯托克说，该系统位于大脑前部，是“进行复杂思考、控制注意力并实践我们所认为的人类思想的能力的基础”。
Now studies are revealing that advantages of bilingualism persist into old age, even as the brain's sharpness naturally declines, Bialystok said Friday at a meeting of the American Ass
多学一门外语可以延缓老年痴呆
Talk about the power of words—speaking at least two languages may slow dementia in the aging brain, new research shows.
最新研究显示,语言的力量——至少会说两门语言可以延缓大脑衰老过程中的痴呆。
Scientists already knew that bilingual young adults and children perform better on tasks dictated by the brain's executive control system.
科学家们早就发现，双语年轻成人和孩子们执行大脑执行控制系统下发出的任务时表现更好。
Located at the front of the brain, this system is 'the basis for your ability to think in complex ways, control attention, and do everything we think of as uniquely human thought,' said Ellen Bialystok, a psychologist at York University in Toronto, Canada.
加拿大多伦约克大学心理学家多爱伦•比亚韦斯托克说，该系统位于大脑前部，是“进行复杂思考、控制注意力并实践我们所认为的人类思想的能力的基础”。
Now studies are revealing that advantages of bilingualism persist into old age, even as the brain's sharpness naturally declines, Bialystok said Friday at a meeting of the American Ass