Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/8uSNSFtyP3k   Bilingual individuals appear to possess greater cognitive or thinking reserve and appear more resistant to the scourges of mental decline.  This is the conclusion of Canadian research just published in Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders.   The investigators studied 75 bilingual and 83 monolingual individuals.  Those whose brains were stimulated with a second language had fewer symptoms of dementia at a time when their brains were already affected by advancing Alzheimer’s disease.   Memory and problem-solving prove over and over again to be governed by the “use it or lose it” principle.  To keep your thinking sharp throughout life, read, think outside the box, and embrace mental challenges of all types.    Matthias Berkes, Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I.M. Craik, Angela Troyer, Morris Freedman. Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer Disease in Monolingual and Bilingual Patients. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders, 2020; 1 DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000373   #dementia #bilingual #alzheimers