Re: Speaking at Least Two Languages Impedes Brain Degeneration

"John" <agard22AB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:51:38 UTC,  John O'Flaherty
> <quiasmox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> declaimed:
>
>
> > For someone deciding whether to take up another language to try to
> > improve their mental longevity, it's an artificial distinction. What
> > is Alzheimer's apart from its symptoms? Maybe some people have plaque
> > formation and never have a mental deficit.
>
> Another recent study showed that there is an area of the brain that
> could be thought of as the "default" part, i.e., when you're not
> thinking of anything, when you're daydreaming, that part becomes
> active. By studying languages and exercising the other parts of your
> brain you keep the blood flowing to those parts; perhaps that is what
> helps stave off the onset of alzheiemers'
>
Is that the same as the "watching football" part?  Or maybe it's the
"reading Usenet" part...

Saludos cordiales,

Earle




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