UID:
almafu_9959231135402883
Format:
1 online resource (312 pages) :
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color illustrations.
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Studies in bilingualism, 53
Note:
Intro -- Growing Old with Two Languages -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- 1. The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain -- References -- 2. Cognitive problems in older adults -- The effects of bilingualism on cognitive functions -- Bilingualism and cognitive aging -- References -- 3. How aging and bilingualism influence language processing -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language processing in healthy aging -- 3. Bilingual language processing -- 4. Connecting models of bilingual language processing and language processing in healthy aging -- 5. Merging bilingualism into aging: future research directions -- References -- 4. Length of residence -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The age-length-onset problem -- 3. Research on age of L2 onset and LOR effects -- 4. The influence of age at testing -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5. Individual differences in cognitive control advantages of elderly late Dutch-English bilinguals -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The bilingual advantage -- 3. The study -- 3.1 Participants -- 3.2 Materials -- Cognitive tasks -- Language tasks -- 3.3 Data analysis -- 4. Results -- Step 1: quantitative group comparison -- Step 2: qualitative individual differences examined -- 5. Discussion -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6. Does bilingual language control decline in older age? -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Language control in older age -- 1.2 The present study -- 2. Method -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Materials and procedure -- 2.2.1 Fluency task -- 2.2.2 Flanker task -- 2.2.3 Digit span task -- 2.2.4 Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) -- 3. Data analyses -- 4. Results -- 4.1 Letter fluency task -- 4.1.1 Correct responses -- 4.1.2 Within-language errors -- 4.1.3 Wrong-language intrusion errors -- 4.2 Semantic fluency task -- 4.2.1 Number correct responses.
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4.2.2 Within-language errors -- 4.2.3 Wrong-language intrusion errors -- 4.3 Comparison of the letter and semantic tasks -- 4.4 Flanker task -- 4.5 Digit span task -- 5. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7. Auditory word recognition across the lifespan -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Current study -- 2. Method -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Materials -- 2.3 Procedure -- 2.4 Data coding -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Target identification -- 3.1.1 Accuracies and reaction times -- 3.1.2 Eye-tracking during target identification -- 3.2 Residual activation/inhibition (after target identification), as indexed by priming probes -- 3.3 Relation between linguistic processing and nonlinguistic Stroop performance -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 Within-language lexical activation and competition -- 4.2 Residual activation -- 4.3 Links between linguistic and nonlinguistic cognitive control -- 4.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8. Executive control processes in verbal and nonverbal working memory -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 2.1 Participants -- 2.2 Background measures -- 2.3 Tasks -- 2.3.1 Star counting task -- 2.3.2 Modified flanker task -- 2.3.3 Recent probe task -- 2.4 Procedure -- 3. Results -- 3.1 Background measures -- 3.2 Star counting task -- 3.3 Modified flanker task -- 3.4 Recent probe task -- 4. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 9. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer's disease -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cognitive reserve -- 2.1 Early evidence for bilingualism as a cognitive reserve variable -- 3. Control for potential confounds of bilingualism as a cognitive reserve variable -- 4. Bilingualism appears to be a CR variable -- 5. Effects of bilingualism on memory systems in aging -- 6. Effects of bilingualism on executive control systems in aging -- 7. Protecting EC pathways through experience -- 8. Future directions -- 9. Overall conclusion.
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Acknowledgements -- References -- 10. The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Method -- 2.1 Study population -- 2.2 Participants -- 2.3 Measures -- 2.3.1 Language history questionnaire -- 2.3.2 Dementia -- 2.3.3 Potential confounders -- 2.4 Statistical analysis -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11. Bilingualism, cognitive reserve, aging, and dementia -- Introduction -- Part I: Defining Reserve -- Cognitive reserve -- Brain reserve -- Distinguishing between cognitive reserve and brain reserve -- Evidence for bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve -- Evidence for bilingualism as a contributor to brain reserve -- The relationship between cognitive reserve and brain reserve in bilinguals -- Part II -- Bilingualism and memory performance -- Bilingualism and memory brain networks -- Part III -- Theoretical and practical issues of CR -- Bilingualism as a contributor to CR -- Does bilingualism affect the rate of cognitive decline? -- The point of inflection revisited -- Future directions for research on bilingualism, cognitive reserve, and the trajectory of cognitive decline -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12. The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia -- 1. Languages versus pills: Why bilingualism matters in current ageing and dementia research -- 2. Immigrants, outcasts and elites: Differences between mono- and bilingual populations -- 3. Chickens, eggs and reverse causality: Individual differences within the same population -- 4. Competence, performance and exercise: Linguistics meets medicine -- 5. Pride and prejudice: Who is afraid of bilingualism? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13. History-inspired reflections on the Bilingual Advantages Hypothesis -- How does bilingual language experience impact executive control?.
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Broader theoretical views of language relevant to the bilingual advantages hypothesis -- Meet the new controversy, same as the old controversy -- A flavor for the evidence -- Wrapping up -- Final words -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-4195-3
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-6539-9
Language:
English
Keywords:
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