Rzitki, Aldona Maria (29 May 2023). Multilingualism as protection against cognitive decline in the elderly? A critical reflection. (Unpublished). In: PiF 2023 - Psycholinguistics in Flanders. Ghent, Belgium. 29.05. - 31.05.2023.
Older and multilingual people are an increasingly important part of our society. Yet, there is little systematic research on the language of older people and the impact of multilingualism on their cognition. Recent research suggests that long-term bilingualism can improve certain cognitive skills and buffer neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. This talk aims to present my PhD project and show the first results. With the help of monolingual German and bilingual German-Polish participants, who will be tested on their language skills with the help of a language proficiency test and whose individual factors and language biographies will be assessed with the help of a survey, it will be investigated how multilingualism affects cognitive skills. For this purpose, the test persons will be asked to complete an established screening for executive functions and the Stroop Test, which measures the inhibition of the cohorts. It is expected that the bilingual cohort will have better cognitive skills.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Poster) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies > Institute of Slavic Languages and Literatures |
Graduate School: |
Graduate School of the Humanities (GSH) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rzitki, Aldona Maria |
Subjects: |
400 Language > 410 Linguistics 400 Language > 430 German & related languages 400 Language > 490 Other languages |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Aldona Maria Rzitki |
Date Deposited: |
19 Jan 2024 16:06 |
Last Modified: |
28 Mar 2024 17:47 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/191797 |
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