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A new study backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo that being bilingual may backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo dementia by five or more years. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland discovered that people who spoke two languages did not show any backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo of three types of dementia for more than four years backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo than those who were monolingual. A backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo of the report, Dr. Thomas Bak, said: "Bilingualism can be seen as a backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo brain training, contributing to backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo reserve, which can help delay dementia." This means that speaking backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo languages keeps the brain in better backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo and helps to keep diseases like Alzheimer's at backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo for longer than if someone spoke just one language.

Dr Bak's research found that bilingualism and the backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo of dementia had backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo to do with social status, gender, occupation or educational backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo. Bak's team evaluated the medical backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo of 648 people from India who had been diagnosed with dementia. Of these backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo, 391 were bilingual or trilingual and many were illiterate. Dr Bak wrote: "The fact that backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo advantage is not caused by any differences in education is confirmed by the backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo that it was also found in backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo, who have never attended any school." He suggested that learning a language later in backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo could keep the brain healthier. He said language learning was "socially more enjoyable, and it forces your brain to train backgroundbaybilingualco-authorcognitivedelaydelayingfacthealthilliterateslifelittlelongerpatientspermanentlyrecordsshowssignssuccessfultwo".