Author Topic: Speaking Two Languages Can Protect Against Alzheimers (Read 2896 times)

Foxy Brown · « **on:** January 13, 2007, 03:52:42 AM »

Canadian scientists have found astonishing evidence that the lifelong use of two languages can help delay the onset of dementia symptoms by four years compared to people who are monolingual.

xlightox · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2007, 06:30:28 PM »

Well then... ill have less chance of gettin alzheimers XP i can speak chinese AND english! xD

reyfer · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2007, 06:43:15 PM »

How about those of us that speak three languages (spanish, english and italian) and are learning a fourth (japanese)? Yay!!!! No Alzheimer's in my future!!!!

Fracture · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2007, 07:34:03 PM »

Then there are those of us that can barely speak one language

I feel senile already.

SomethingWild · « **Reply #4 on:** January 18, 2007, 07:47:55 PM »

Learning languages is great.. I can recommend it to everybody

Peacimowen · « **Reply #5 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:29:18 PM »

Basically this goes with something else I heard about a few months ago: The more you learn, the more connections are made in your brain and the longer it takes for deterioration of the brain with age to result in alzheimers.

I can see why extra languages would help immensely because of just how much you need to learn to properly speak and even further, write, a new language properly.

takashi12 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:43:43 PM »

Yeah!! I know quite a lot of languages

but some less than others of course ><"
(Japanese, English, Chinese, Mandrin, Little bit of French)

LovelyMermaid · « **Reply #7 on:** January 18, 2007, 09:53:08 PM »

English fluently, Spanish fluently, a little Japanese and a little more Russian

And I hope to learn many more when collage comes around!

I should be ok!

And like everyone else here, I strongly encourage being at least bi-lingual

Holdypaws · « **Reply #8 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:09:21 PM »

This make sense. If you get Alzheimers in the English speaking part of your brain just jettison it off like a virus-filled space pod and only think in your other language.

Or maybe it doesn't work that way.

LaJon · « **Reply #9 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:24:33 PM »

I guess Gackt definately won't be getting Alzheimers then. o_o

takashi12 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:36:07 PM »

^ how many languages does Gackt know?

Is it Mandrin and Japanese??

LaJon · « **Reply #11 on:** January 18, 2007, 10:54:20 PM »

Quote from: takashi12;286351

^ how many languages does Gackt know?

Is it Mandrin and Japanese??

From his wiki page:
Gackt M.S. Camui (ガクト, but most often written in the Latin alphabet, even in Japan, pronounced "ga-ku-to") is a song writer, vocalist, and instrumentalist (trumpet, tuba, horn, trombone, piano, guitar, drums, bass). He recieved national recognition upon joining Malice Mizer and now is extremely popular in Japan, although he has fans internationally whom he calls his "Dears." Gackt claims to be a vampire born in 1540, and has also starred in a vampire-based movie, Moon Child, alongwith singer and close friend Hyde.

Gackt can speak Japanese, French, English, Mandarin, and Korean.

8 musical instruments, 5 languages. @__@

takashi12 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 18, 2007, 11:24:28 PM »

なるほどうね！ ^___^

Dj-B13 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2007, 12:40:47 AM »

Quote from: Lajonsky;286365

From his wiki page:
Gackt M.S. Camui (ガクト, but most often written in the Latin alphabet, even in Japan, pronounced "ga-ku-to") is a song writer, vocalist, and instrumentalist (trumpet, tuba, horn, trombone, piano, guitar, drums, bass). He recieved national recognition upon joining Malice Mizer and now is extremely popular in Japan, although he has fans internationally whom he calls his "Dears." Gackt claims to be a vampire born in 1540, and has also starred in a vampire-based movie, Moon Child, alongwith singer and close friend Hyde.

Gackt can speak Japanese, French, English, Mandarin, and Korean.

8 musical instruments, 5 languages. @__@

wow I knew he could speak more languages but I did not kniw that many! :ONbingo:

takashi12 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 19, 2007, 01:00:38 AM »

^ Yeah thats pretty cool.. But I think he only knows a bit of everything (probably except for Japanese)
Because on a talk show long time ago, he was speaking it with a taiwanese artist Vivian Hsu, and he said he only understood a little

But its cool that he knows a bit of everything too.

chera · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2007, 02:07:14 AM »

Quote from: Lajonsky;286365

Gackt claims to be a vampire born in 1540, and has also starred in a vampire-based movie, Moon Child, alongwith singer and close friend Hyde.

Gackt can speak Japanese, French, English, Mandarin, and Korean.

How can he claim to be a vampire, if he doesn't speak the vampire language: Romanian? The poseur...

ferrar1 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 19, 2007, 03:53:30 AM »

I'm saved :ROFL

Bahasa Indonesia, English, Mandarin(chinese), Japanese

ffttgg · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2007, 11:20:32 PM »

i speak 5, so im not going to die ever!

Peacimowen · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2007, 07:13:39 AM »

um.. *pokes ffttgg* it's your memory that's not going to die until you do. You're still going to die.

edit: 69th post! woo!

kaminokami2086 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 21, 2007, 08:10:47 PM »

Quote from: chera;286464

How can he claim to be a vampire, if he doesn't speak the vampire language: Romanian? The poseur...

No...no...Gackt is a traditional Japanese Vampire, not one from Transilvannia