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  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Aging

Background:

  • Healthy aging involves cognitive and neural decline, impacting language production (e.g., word finding, speech fluency) more than comprehension.
  • Bilingualism promotes neuroplasticity and cognitive benefits, particularly in executive functions like cognitive control, throughout life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the integration of current models of language processing in non-pathological aging with models of bilingual language processing.
  • To identify new research avenues for understanding how age-related language changes modulate bilingual language processing.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and theoretical discussion.
  • Synthesis of existing models from aging research and bilingualism studies.

Main Results:

  • Identified gaps in understanding how aging affects bilingual language processing models.
  • Proposed a framework for integrating aging and bilingualism perspectives.

Conclusions:

  • Integrating aging and bilingualism models is crucial for a comprehensive understanding of language processing across the lifespan.
  • This integrated approach can guide future research on cognitive reserve and neuroplasticity in older bilingual adults.