Word: neuropsychologia
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...Researchers speculate the ability to operate in two languages could - like exercise or stimulating leisure and social activity - help the brain continue normal functions even as it decays physically. Just don't expect great things from your French refresher course. The study, appearing in the February issue of Neuropsychologia, defines bilingual as "regularly using at least two languages" throughout adulthood - and there's no evidence that flipping through phrase books will help. Quel dommage...
...simple word game may someday help doctors identify people in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. In a preliminary study published in Neuropsychologia, British researchers asked 96 Alzheimer's sufferers and 40 healthy adults to name as many animals or fruits as they could in one minute. Those with dementia came up with not only fewer words but simpler ones that they learned earlier in childhood, like cat or dog. Healthy adults mentioned slightly less typical terms like hippopotamus, gorilla and giraffe...
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