Does #bilingualism delay cognitive decline?
Yes, but if you ‘actively’ use the two languages.
Findings from our recently accepted paper in Neuropsychologia.

Full article: https://bit.ly/3fTLndl  (until 6 of Sept.)
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Result 1: Active bilingualism was a significant predictor of delay in the age at onset for all the clinical measures in MCI, but not AD

Individual composite scores for bilingualism were calculated as regression coefficients indicative of active (+) and passive bilingualism (-).

Result 2: The effect of active bilingualism was independent of occupation, educational level and job attainment across the individuals’ lifespan.
CR factors were measured with the CRI questionnaire http://www.cognitivereserveindex.org/ 

Result 3: Although we did not find an effect of active bilingualism across all EC tasks, we did find an effect for conflict resolution.

A study in collaboration with @SantPauMemory @hggranollers @hbellvitge @consorcsanitari @UJIuniversitat @cbcUPF
and funded by @la_marato