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Bilingualism, cognition, and aging

  • Extract: Topics in psycholinguistics and the neurocognition of language rarely attract the attention of journalists or the general public. One topic that has done so, however, is the potential benefits of bilingualism for general cognitive functioning and development, and as a precaution against cognitive decline in old age. Sensational claims have been made in the public domain, mostly by journalists and politicians. Recently (September 4, 2014) The Guardian reported that “learning a foreign language can increase the size of your brain”, and Michael Gove, the UK's previous Education Secretary, noted in an interview with The Guardian (September 30, 2011) that “learning languages makes you smarter”. The present issue of BLC addresses these topics by providing a state-of-the-art overview of theoretical and experimental research on the role of bilingualism for cognition in children and adults.

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Author details:Jubin Abutalebi, Harald ClahsenORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000741
ISSN:1366-7289
ISSN:1469-1841
Title of parent work (English):Bilingualism : language and cognition.
Publisher:Cambridge Univ. Press
Place of publishing:New York
Publication type:Preprint
Language:English
Year of first publication:2015
Publication year:2015
Release date:2017/03/27
Volume:18
Issue:1
Number of pages:2
First page:1
Last Page:2
Organizational units:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Linguistik
Peer review:Referiert
Institution name at the time of the publication:Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
External remark:Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 508
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