TEMPO.CO, Edinburgh – Mastering two languages and routinely practicing it can help to delay dementia for as long as five years. Daily Mail reported that mastering different languages will continuously trains a person's mind, making it have greater cognitive reserves when the disease takes hold.
On average, a bilingual person developed dementia 4.5 years later compared to those who did not. Bilingual individuals tend to develop dementia at age 65, while non-bilingual individuals often developed the disease at age 61.
"These findings suggest that bilingualism might have a stronger influence on dementia than any currently available drugs," said Thomas Bak, researcher at the Edinburgh University where the study took place in cooperation with Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, India.
Bilingualism keeps the brain active, providing a form of "cognitive reserves" that help delay the onset of the disease's symptoms.
ANINGTIAS JATMIKA | DAILY MAIL
