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dc.contributor.authorVoits, Toms
dc.contributor.authorDeLuca, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorAbutalebi, Jubin
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-27T06:02:13Z
dc.date.available2022-06-27T06:02:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-24
dc.description.abstractThe neurological notion of “reserve” arises from an individually observable dissociation between brain health and cognitive status. According to the cognitive reserve hypothesis, high-reserve individuals experience functional compensation for neural atrophy and, thus, are able to maintain relatively stable cognitive functioning with no or smaller-than-expected impairment. Several lifestyle factors such as regular physical exercise, adequate and balanced nutrition, and educational attainment have been widely reported to contribute to reserve and, thus, lead to more successful trajectories of cognitive aging (CA). In recent years, it has become clear that bilingualism is also a potential reserve contributor. Yet, there is little communication between the neuroscience of bilingualism research community and researchers working in the field of CA more generally, despite compelling reasons for it. In fact, bilingualism tends to be overlooked as a contributory factor in the CA literature, or reduced to a dichotomous trait, despite it being a complex experience. Herein, we discuss issues that are preventing recognition of bilingualism as a reserve contributor across all literatures, highlight the benefits of including language experiences as a factor of interest across research disciplines, and suggest a roadmap to better integrate bilingualism and aging moving forward. We close with calls toward a model of aging that examines the contributions across lifestyle factors, including that of bilingual experience.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVoits, DeLuca, Abutalebi. The Nuance of Bilingualism as a Reserve Contributor: Conveying Research to the Broader Neuroscience Community. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2035074
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2022.909266
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25569
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Psychology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleThe Nuance of Bilingualism as a Reserve Contributor: Conveying Research to the Broader Neuroscience Communityen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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