Bilingualism And Bilingualism

Having the ability to speak more than one language influences one’ life deeply. Speaking two or more languages can affect someone from being infants to old age. Bhattacharjee continues with, “The bilingual experience appears to influence the brain from infancy to old age (and there

Do you know what alzheimer’s disease is? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and the fifth leading cause of death in ages 65 and older. “2010 Alzheimer 's Disease Facts and Figures. Rep. Vol. 6. Chicago: Alzheimer 's Association, 2010. Print. Alzheimer 's and Dementia.” This disease is the deterioration of the brain that can, and probably will lead to brain loss that cannot be reversed. It is a very slow decline that can last years. Alzheimer’s usually targets short-term memory first, and can eventually impair thinking and reasoning later on, which will eventually cause problems with communication and daily living.

In Being bilingual pushes back dementia by nearly 5 years: study Tracy Miller states that, “People who were bilingual or multilingual developed dementia an average of 4.5 years later than those who spoke only one language, researchers wrote in the journal Neurology.” Yet another reason bilingual education is important, and another point to prove to the critics of the far reach that the correct education can have.

Alzheimer’s is defined as “A degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the most common form of dementia, that usually starts in late middle age or in old age, that results in progressive memory loss, impaired thinking, disorientation, and changes in personality and mood…” (Webster). The Alzheimer’s Association states that more than 5 million American are currently living with Alzheimer’s. It is also the 6th leading cause of death in the U.S.

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills. “Its onset is generally insidious, with gradual deterioration of cognitive function, eventually resulting death.” (Falvo, D. 2009, pg. 226). Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia among people age 65 and older. “Nearly 70 percentages of all dementias are Alzheimer’s, and over 4.5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s.”(www.alz.org). This disease is not just a disease that happens to older people, but there is a small percentage that can also affect those in their 30s.

Alzheimer’s disease is a type of severe dementia that causes problems with memory, cognitive ability, the way you think, and the way the person acts.

Alzheimer’s disease could be one of the scariest things an individual could ever have to experience. The sad thing is that there is not much that can be done about this disease at the time; however, researchers are working day and night to either find a cure or come up with better treatments. The most important thing people need to remember is that this is a brain disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, it can be assessed through different technologies, can be somewhat slowed down by medication, and possibly prevented by exercise.

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to Shan (2013), “is the most common form of dementia. It is a degenerative, incurable, and terminal disease.” (p. 32). AD is a disease in which the brain essentially deteriorates, is vastly progressive, and complex. Because there is no cure for this disease, scientists and researchers should continue seeking effective prevention measures. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for hundreds of thousands of geriatric deaths each year, and affects not only the patient, but the caregivers and loved ones as well.

Delays Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: As we know, there is no cure for Dementia. However, there are many lifestyle choices we can make that will have an impact on its onset. Significant research has shown that exercise helps individuals in middle adulthood to retain cognitive abilities, very likely by maintaining physical fitness (Boyd 2015). In addition to exercise, other factors that contribute to limiting mental decay include diet and education. (Abutalebi, Guidi et al. 2015) Evidence shows Bilinguals are diagnosed with Dementia 4-5 years after Monolinguals (Abutalebi, Guidi et al. 2015). Considering the vast size of the aging population that is affected by Dementia and Alzheimer’s, some researchers even hypothesize if using Bilingualism as a preventative method would be effective (Antoniou, Gunasekera et al. 2013). It is believed that Bilingualism delays early symptoms of clinical Alzheimer’s disease by protecting frontostriatal and frontoparietal executive control circuitry rather than medial temporal lobe circuitry, the latter being where Alzheimer’s first presents itself affecting medial temporal lobe circuitry and memory functions (Gold 2015). Additionally, Bilingualism has shown to alter the functional connectivity between the dACC (Dorsal Anterior Cingular Cortex) and the language regions of the brain (Li, Abutalebi et al.

Alzheimer’s disease is, as of yet, an incurable disease that slowly destroys a person’s memory, cognitive skills, and as it progresses eventually motor

Increasing evidence is that being bilingual is cognitively beneficial.” As the world changes, so does the languages the people use shown by the

Studies have shown that being bilingual can help to offset Alzheimer's and dementia. A study in India led by Dr. Thomas Bak found that being bilingual delayed the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and dementia by four to

Study’s show that there are more than three million U.S. cases per year. Many people

Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disorder of the brain, it is the most common cause of dementia, and the leading cause of death in women in the UK (Gallagher, 2014). Alzheimers is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, that occurs in a middle to old age person. Its symptoms slowly deteriorate the brains functions until it eventually results in death. The most common symptom of Alzheimers disease is progressive memory loss. As the disease progresses patients begin to demonstrate poor judgment and their inability to take carry out daily tasks. They develop a strong sense of confusion not recognising familiar people, places or things in their lives and soon develop problems with speech/language and frequent changes in mood. At this point,

Learning a second language at a young age has long-term benefits that can be felt even in old age. As human’s age their brains atrophy, but bilingual people can delay the consequences of this damage. These individuals are constantly experiencing the world using two languages so, while a monolingual person remembers how to ride a bike in one language, a bilingual person stores that memory twice, once in their first language a once in their second. This allows bilingual