https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/11/study-speaking-more-than-one-language-could-help-prevent-alzheimers/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:02:13 -0400<![CDATA[The latest evidence from the bilingualism-is-good-for-you crew comes from Brian Gold, a neuroscientist at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington. To test the idea, he had older people who grew up bilingual do an attention-switching task, a skill that typically fades with age. Earlier research has found that people bilingual since childhood are better at the high-order thinking called executive function as they age.]]>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:10:30 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/11/study-speaking-more-than-one-language-could-help-prevent-alzheimers-n99131