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| Research suggests language learning staves off Alzheimer'sLEARNING a foreign language and speaking it regularly offers greater protection against Alzheimer's disease than any drug yet available, research suggests.
Bilingual people tend to be diagnosed with the most common form of dementia more than four years later than those who are fluent in only a single language, scientists in Canada have found.
The results suggest the mental skills involved in juggling two languages may stimulate the brain so it becomes more resilient.
Scientists behind the research believe bilingual skills strengthen the brain's "cognitive reserve"-- its ability to perform under stressful conditions.
Bilingual people may be better able to cope with Alzheimer's effects on the brain, they said. Read more here. Date: 20 Feb 2011
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