Multilingualism in use and white matter changes amongst healthy middle‐aged and older adults
Cristina Solé‐Padullés, Gabriele Cattaneo, María Cabello‐Toscano, Lídia Mulet‐Pons, Lídia Vaqué‐Alcázar, Javier Solana Sánchez, Alba Roca‐Ventura, Vanessa Alviarez‐Schulze, Núria Bargalló, Alvaro Pascual‐Leone, David Bartrés‐Faz · 2025
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Cristina Solé-Padullés and co-authors ask in a 2025 study whether using several languages shapes the aging brain. Speaking more than one language may build flexible thinking, and the team looked at which part of that experience matters most: age of learning, skill level, or daily use.
The group followed 267 healthy adults aged forty-five to sixty-nine in a Barcelona brain health cohort. Brain scans were taken at the start and two years later. Strong skill in a third language and learning it after puberty both tied to better working memory. Heavy daily mixing of languages, though, went with more white matter spots at the start and over time.
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| CREATOR | Cristina Solé‐Padullés, Gabriele Cattaneo, María Cabello‐Toscano, Lídia Mulet‐Pons, Lídia Vaqué‐Alcázar, Javier Solana Sánchez, Alba Roca‐Ventura, Vanessa Alviarez‐Schulze, Núria Bargalló, Alvaro Pascual‐Leone, David Bartrés‐Faz |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |