Project

Effects of bilingualism on cognitive functioning and development of dementia

Code
01J12111
Duration
01 July 2011 → 30 April 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Linguistics
  • Social sciences
    • Animal experimental and comparative psychology
    • Applied psychology
    • Human experimental psychology
Keywords
bi- and multilingualism cognitive processing dementia
 
Project description

Recent studies demonstrated that in bi- and multilinguals the clinical manifestations of dementia occurred more than 4 years later than in monolinguals. A possible explanation for this bilingual advantage may be related to better functioning cognitive controle mechanisms. This research proposal will investigate the underlying cognitive and language processes associated with the bilingual advantages in patients with dementia.