Foreign language training as cognitive therapy for age-related cognitive decline: a hypothesis for future research.
Foreign language training as cognitive therapy for age-related cognitive decline: a hypothesis for future research.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2013.09.004
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发表时间：
2013-12
影响因子：
8.2
通讯作者：
Wong, Patrick C. M.
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作者：
Antoniou, Mark;Gunasekera, Geshri M.;Wong, Patrick C. M.
在接下来的50年里，老年人的数量将达到创纪录的水平。保护老年人免受认知衰退的年龄相关影响是未来几十年最大的挑战之一，因为它在全球范围内给家庭、卫生系统和经济带来越来越大的压力。这种疾病--与年龄相关的认知能力下降的状态--阿尔茨海默氏症和其他痴呆症--劫持了我们的意识和智力自主。然而，有证据表明，认知刺激活动可以防止认知衰退的不利影响。同样，双语也被认为是一种保障。我们认为，针对老年人的外语学习计划是建立认知储备的最佳解决方案，因为语言学习涉及一个广泛的大脑网络，该网络与受老龄化过程负面影响的区域重叠。建议未来的研究应该测试这一潜在的富有成效的假说。
Over the next fifty years, the number of older adults is set to reach record levels. Protecting older adults from the age-related effects of cognitive decline is one of the greatest challenges of the next few decades as it places increasing pressure on families, health systems, and economies on a global scale. The disease-state of age-related cognitive decline—Alzheimer's disease and other dementias—hijacks our consciousness and intellectual autonomy. However, there is evidence that cognitively stimulating activities protect against the adverse effects of cognitive decline. Similarly, bilingualism is also considered to be a safeguard. We propose that foreign language learning programs aimed at older populations are an optimal solution for building cognitive reserve because language learning engages an extensive brain network that is known to overlap with the regions negatively affected by the aging process. It is recommended that future research should test this potentially fruitful hypothesis.
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