Bilingualism in older Mexican-American immigrants is associated with higher scores on cognitive screening

BACKGROUND: Bilingualism may protect against cognitive aging and delay the onset of dementia. However, studies comparing monolinguals and bilinguals on such metrics have produced inconsistent results complicated by confounding variables and methodological concerns. METHODS: We addressed this issue b...

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Autores principales: Padilla, Claudia, Mendez, Mario F., Jimenez, Elvira E., Teng, Edmond
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0368-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5122008/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27881073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0368-1

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