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Bilingualism vs. Alzheimer's

从 3rdblade, 2011年2月21日

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3rdblade (显示个人资料) 2011年2月21日上午5:36:33

Some more good news for Esperantists, who are all bilingual. Speaking two lingos can slow down the effects of Alzheimer's. More details here.

sudanglo (显示个人资料) 2011年2月21日上午11:26:59

Never noticed the effect myself.

I go out shopping for a pint of milk and still come home without it, having spent 20 quid in the supermarket on other things.

But any argument for the learning of Esperanto is another weapon in our propaganda armoury.

ceigered (显示个人资料) 2011年2月22日上午12:53:19

sudanglo:Never noticed the effect myself.

I go out shopping for a pint of milk and still come home without it, having spent 20 quid in the supermarket on other things.

But any argument for the learning of Esperanto is another weapon in our propaganda armoury.
I do that and I'm turning 20 this year okulumo.gif

danielcg (显示个人资料) 2011年2月22日上午1:53:57

Is trilingual better, or does the extra brain work with the third language nullify the advantages of the second one?

Jokes aside, it seems plausible. The brain is like a muscle, and if it is regularly excercised, it will probably last longer in good state.

Regards,

Daniel

3rdblade:Some more good news for Esperantists, who are all bilingual. Speaking two lingos can slow down the effects of Alzheimer's. More details here.

vejktoro (显示个人资料) 2011年2月22日上午4:39:53

danielcg: The brain is like a muscle, and if it is regularly excercised, it will probably last longer in good state.
Icelandic must be good for about a decade.

mjdh1957 (显示个人资料) 2011年2月22日上午10:22:54

Not particularly worried about Alzheimer's, but keeping my brain flexible as I get older is one of my motivations for language learning.

I believe that as with everything else, the more you use it, the longer it lasts!

sudanglo (显示个人资料) 2011年2月22日上午10:57:12

There is such a thing as early-onset Alzheimer's, Ceiger.

bagatelo (显示个人资料) 2011年2月23日下午6:35:31

vejktoro:
danielcg: The brain is like a muscle, and if it is regularly excercised, it will probably last longer in good state.
Icelandic must be good for about a decade.
The Jesuit professor of philosophy, Father Coplestone started learning Russian in his seventies (after retirement) and then started publishing books about Russian philosophy until he pegged it in his mid-eighties. I'd say there's some truth in this.

bartlett22183 (显示个人资料) 2011年2月23日下午7:57:51

The following article makes some reference to an advantage of bilingualism in children:
ScienceNews
Whether this has been studied in bilingual esperantaj denaskoj I don't know.

Paŭlo

ceigered (显示个人资料) 2011年2月24日上午12:32:20

sudanglo:There is such a thing as early-onset Alzheimer's, Ceiger.
That'd make me a bit of a rarity!

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