Mark Antoniou
The Advantages of Bilingualism Debate
Western Sydney University
bilingualism thought result cognitive disadvantages research recent decades demonstrated experience two languages confers bilingual advantage executive functions may delay incidence alzheimers disease however conflicting evidence emerged leading questions concerning robustness bilingual advantage executive functions dementia incidence investigators failed find evidence bilingual advantage others suggested bilingual advantages may entirely spurious proponents advantage case continued defend heated debate ensued field reached impasse review critically examines evidence bilingual advantage executive functions cognitive aging brain plasticity outlining future research could shed light debate advance knowledge experience multiple languages affects cognition brain