Table of contents
Chapter 1.The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain: Current evidence and future research directions
1
Chapter 2.Cognitive problems in older adults: Can bilingualism help?
9
Chapter 3.How aging and bilingualism influence language processing: Theoretical and neural models
21
Chapter 4.Length of residence: Does it make a difference in older bilinguals?
55
Chapter 5.Individual differences in cognitive control advantages of elderly late Dutch-English bilinguals
77
Chapter 6.Does bilingual language control decline in older age?
99
Chapter 7.Auditory word recognition across the lifespan: Links between linguistic and nonlinguistic inhibitory control in bilinguals and monolinguals
131
Chapter 8.Executive control processes in verbal and nonverbal working memory: The role of aging and bilingualism
161
Chapter 9.Bilingualism, cognitive reserve and Alzheimer’s disease: A review of findings
185
Chapter 10.The effect of language skills on dementia in a Swedish longitudinal cohort
205
Chapter 11.Bilingualism, cognitive reserve, aging, and dementia: What is the new ground to cover?
219
Chapter 12.The impact of bilingualism on cognitive ageing and dementia: Finding a path through a forest of confounding variables
243
Chapter 13.History-inspired reflections on the Bilingual Advantages Hypothesis
265
Index
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