TY - JOUR

T1 - Harnessing the bilingual descent down the mountain of life

T2 - Charting novel paths for cognitive and brain reserves research

AU - Rothman, Jason

PY - 2025/5/1

Y1 - 2025/5/1

N2 - Evidence from various empirical study types have converged to show bilingualisms potential for serving as a cognitive and brain reserves contributor. In this article, I contextualize, frame the need for and offer some expanding questions in this endeavor, inclusive of empirical pathways to address them. While the set of variables and questions discussed herein are definitively incomplete, they embody a good starting point for shaping future directions in research that considers the role bilingual language engagement can have for the developing mind and brain, inclusive of how various, non-linear factors impact the descent bilinguals of various types take down the proverbial mountain of life.

AB - Evidence from various empirical study types have converged to show bilingualisms potential for serving as a cognitive and brain reserves contributor. In this article, I contextualize, frame the need for and offer some expanding questions in this endeavor, inclusive of empirical pathways to address them. While the set of variables and questions discussed herein are definitively incomplete, they embody a good starting point for shaping future directions in research that considers the role bilingual language engagement can have for the developing mind and brain, inclusive of how various, non-linear factors impact the descent bilinguals of various types take down the proverbial mountain of life.

KW - bilingual language engagement

KW - brain reserve

KW - cognitive aging (CA)

KW - cognitive reserve

U2 - 10.1017/S1366728924000026

DO - 10.1017/S1366728924000026

M3 - Journal article

AN - SCOPUS:85187939178

VL - 28

SP - 793

EP - 801

JO - Bilingualism

JF - Bilingualism

SN - 1366-7289

IS - 3

ER -