在印度南部农村地区的老年人中,多语言与认知表现之间的关联
Anjana Jayakumar Menon1, Palash Kumar Malo1, Shubham Jain1
1Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Journal of neurosciences in rural practice
|March 13, 2024
概括
了解多种语言可能会保护你的大脑. 多语言与更好的认知健康和较低的认知衰退风险有关,作为自然的大脑训练.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 多语言越来越多地被认为具有提高认知健康的潜力.
- 语言获取作为自然大脑训练,可能增加神经可塑性和认知储备.
- 了解语言能力与认知功能之间的联系对于老龄化人口至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究使用的语言数量与认知功能之间的关系.
- 为了比较单语言与多语言个体的认知表现.
- 评估多语言对社区基队伍认知障碍的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了斯里尼瓦萨普拉老化,神经衰老和认知研究的横截面数据.
- 包括3725名参与者,分为单语言或多语言.
- 使用临床痴呆评分 (CDR) 尺度和逻辑回归分析评估认知表现.
主要成果:
- 与多语言参与者 (5.7%) 相比,单语参与者显示轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 的患病率更高 (13.5%).
- 后勤回归表明,单语者发展认知障碍的几率比率 (0.69) 显著更高.
- 多语言与认知能力下降的可能性降低有关.
结论:
- 知道多种语言与改善认知健康有关.
- 多语言可能会对认知能力下降产生保护作用.
- 研究结果支持语言学习在维持整个生命中大脑健康方面的作用.
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