Cognitive Advantages in Adult Turkish Bilingual Immigrants – a Question of the Chicken or the Egg
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| Title: | Cognitive Advantages in Adult Turkish Bilingual Immigrants – a Question of the Chicken or the Egg |
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| Authors: | T. Rune Nielsen, Eleonor Antelius, Gunhild Waldemar |
| Source: | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 34:115-129 |
| Publisher Information: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019. |
| Publication Year: | 2019 |
| Subject Terms: | Male, Turkey, Denmark, Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology, 05 social sciences, Emigrants and Immigrants, Multilingualism, Middle Aged, Executive Function, Cognition, Memory, Humans, Executive Function/physiology, Female, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, 10. No inequality, Cognition/physiology, Aged |
| Description: | A number of studies suggest both cognitive disadvantages and advantages of bilingualism. In the current study, it is attempted to provide an account of the cognitive advantages associated with bilingualism in a Turkish immigrant population in Denmark.The total sample consisted of 71 middle-aged and older adults born and raised in Turkey who had migrated to Denmark in their teenage years or later. All participants were assessed with a neuropsychological test battery and degree of Turkish-Danish bilingualism was estimated via rater assessment according to a three-point scale. Associations between bilingualism and cognitive function were established for five cognitive domains: executive function, memory, language, visuospatial function and speed. Analysis of covariance was used to estimate the independent association between bilingualism and cognitive function for each cognitive domain. Covariates included education, gender, ethnicity, and proportion of life lived in Denmark. In unadjusted analyses, greater degree of bilingualism was associated with better executive functioning (p |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1573-0719 0169-3816 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10823-019-09375-7 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31119462 https://europepmc.org/article/MED/31119462 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31119462 http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1338115 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10823-019-09375-7 |
| Rights: | Springer TDM |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2bc86f28fedeef9e6abd983812f8059c |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | A number of studies suggest both cognitive disadvantages and advantages of bilingualism. In the current study, it is attempted to provide an account of the cognitive advantages associated with bilingualism in a Turkish immigrant population in Denmark.The total sample consisted of 71 middle-aged and older adults born and raised in Turkey who had migrated to Denmark in their teenage years or later. All participants were assessed with a neuropsychological test battery and degree of Turkish-Danish bilingualism was estimated via rater assessment according to a three-point scale. Associations between bilingualism and cognitive function were established for five cognitive domains: executive function, memory, language, visuospatial function and speed. Analysis of covariance was used to estimate the independent association between bilingualism and cognitive function for each cognitive domain. Covariates included education, gender, ethnicity, and proportion of life lived in Denmark. In unadjusted analyses, greater degree of bilingualism was associated with better executive functioning (p |
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| ISSN: | 15730719 01693816 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10823-019-09375-7 |