Thursday, July 9, 2009

Language skills in your twenties may predict risk of dementia decades later


Filed under: Language and the brain

People who have superior language skills early in life may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease decades later, despite having the hallmark signs of the disease, according to research published in the July 9, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Full article: EurekAlert


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