• openAccess   Active bilingualism delays the onset of mild cognitive impairment 

      Calabria, Marco; Hernández, Mireia; Cattaneo, Gabriele; Suades, Anna; Serra, Mariona; Juncadella, Montserrat; Reñé, Ramón; Sala, Isabel; Lleó, Alberto; Ortiz-Gil, Jordi; Ugas, Lidia; Ávila, Asunción; Gómez Ruiz, Isabel; Avila, Cesar; Costa, Albert Elsevier (2020)
      Lifelong bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve (CR) in neurodegenerative diseases as shown by a delay of the age at symptom onset in bilinguals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). ...
    • openAccess   Hippocampal adaptations in Mild Cognitive Impairment patients are modulated by bilingual language experiences 

      Voits, Toms; Rothman, Jason; Calabria, Marco; Robson, Holly; Aguirre, Naiara; Cattaneo, Gabriele; Costumero, Víctor; Hernández, Mireia; Juncadella Puig, Montserrat; Marin-Marin, Lidón; Suades, Anna; Costa, Albert; Pliatsikas, Christos Cambridge University Press (2023)
      Bilingualism has been shown to contribute to increased resilience against cognitive aging. One of the key brain structures linked to memory and dementia symptom onset, the hippocampus, has been observed to adapt in response ...