Logical Analysis Report

Key Focus

  • Evidence for the benefits of learning a second language as a hobby in your 60s is weaker. ...


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High Level Topics

  • LEARNING
  • HEALTH
  • BILINGUAL
  • High Level Abstractions

  • LEARNING(7, 0th Order)
  • ( LEARNING )(7, 0th Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS )(2, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, WEAKER )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, EVIDENCE )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, BILINGUAL )(1, 2nd Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, WEAKER )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, USERS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, SUDOKU )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, START )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, SIX-MONTH )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, POTENTIAL )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( LEARNING, MEMRISE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • HEALTH(3, 0th Order)
  • ( HEALTH )(3, 0th Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, USERS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, RECALL )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, MOTHER )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, MEMRISE )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, LEARNING )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, ENGINEER )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, EDUCATION )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( HEALTH, COGNITIVELY )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • BILINGUAL(2, 0th Order)
  • ( BILINGUAL )(2, 0th Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, WESTERN_SYDNEY_UNIVERSITY )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, SPEAKING )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, PROFESSOR )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, MARK_ANTONIOU )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, BILINGUALISM )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, BENEFITS )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, BENEFICIAL )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • ( BILINGUAL, AUSTRALIA )(1, 1st Order)  top
  • References

    • ( LEARNING )  top
    • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS )  top
    • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, WEAKER )  top
    •   topEvidence for the benefits of learning a second language as a hobby in your 60s is weaker.
    • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, EVIDENCE )  top
    •   topSeveral studies published since then have reported similar findings, though other research has found no such difference.. . . Later-Life Learning. Evidence for the benefits of learning a second language as a hobby in your 60s is weaker
    • ( LEARNING, BENEFITS, BILINGUAL )  top
    •   topCan Learning a New Language Stave Off Dementia.. . Research suggests that bilingual people enjoy some cognitive benefits later in life, but it probably requires more than a few Spanish lessons in your 60s
    • ( LEARNING, WEAKER )  top
    •   topSee ( LEARNING , BENEFITS , WEAKER )
    • ( LEARNING, USERS )  top
    •   topAccording to a survey conducted by the language learning app Memrise, 57 percent of users reported "boost brain health" as a motivation for using the program
    • ( LEARNING, SUDOKU )  top
    •   top... colleagues found that while Chinese adults 60 and up improved on cognition tests after a six-month language learning program, people who played games like Sudoku and crossword puzzles did as well.
    • ( LEARNING, START )  top
    •   top. My father decided to start learning French when he was 57. He hired a tutor to meet with him twice a week and diligently completed his homework before every lesson
    • ( LEARNING, SIX-MONTH )  top
    •   topAntoniou and colleagues found that while Chinese adults 60 and up improved on cognition tests after a six-month language learning program, people who played games like Sudoku and crossword puzzles did as well
    • ( LEARNING, POTENTIAL )  top
    •   topDrawn by that potential benefit, many people, like my father, have attempted to pick up a new language in adulthood
    • ( LEARNING, MEMRISE )  top
    •   top... benefit, many people, like my father, have attempted to pick up a new language in adulthood. According to a survey conducted by the language learning app Memrise, 57 percent of users reported "boost brain health" as a motivation for using the program
    • ( HEALTH )  top
    • ( HEALTH, USERS )  top
    •   topAccording to a survey conducted by the language learning app Memrise, 57 percent of users reported "boost brain health" as a motivation for using the program.
    • ( HEALTH, RECALL )  top
    •   top"The cognitive benefit is from having to inhibit your mother tongue," she said, which your brain is forced to do if you're trying to recall the right words in another language.
    • ( HEALTH, MOTHER )  top
    •   top... Caitlin Ware, a research engineer at Broca Hospital in Paris who studies bilingualism and brain health. "The cognitive benefit is from having to inhibit your mother tongue," she said, which your brain is forced to do if you're trying to recall the right words in another language
    • ( HEALTH, MEMRISE )  top
    •   topAccording to a survey conducted by the language learning app Memrise, 57 percent of users reported "boost brain health" as a motivation for using the program.
    • ( HEALTH, LEARNING )  top
    •   topAccording to a survey conducted by the language learning app Memrise, 57 percent of users reported "boost brain health" as a motivation for using the program.
    • ( HEALTH, ENGINEER )  top
    •   topThe age at which you learn another language appears to be less important than how often you speak it, said Caitlin Ware, a research engineer at Broca Hospital in Paris who studies bilingualism and brain health
    • ( HEALTH, EDUCATION )  top
    •   topLots of activities are linked to better brain health in old age, like getting more education when you're younger, physical activity and cognitively stimulating hobbies
    • ( HEALTH, COGNITIVELY )  top
    •   topLots of activities are linked to better brain health in old age, like getting more education when you're younger, physical activity and cognitively stimulating hobbies.
    • ( BILINGUAL )  top
    • ( BILINGUAL, WESTERN_SYDNEY_UNIVERSITY )  top
    •   top"We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor at Western Sydney University in Australia who specializes in bilingualism.
    • ( BILINGUAL, SPEAKING )  top
    •   topExperts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially beneficial, though.. . "We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working,"...
    • ( BILINGUAL, PROFESSOR )  top
    •   top"We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor at Western Sydney University in Australia who specializes in bilingualism
    • ( BILINGUAL, MARK_ANTONIOU )  top
    •   top"We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor at Western Sydney University in Australia who specializes in bilingualism
    • ( BILINGUAL, BILINGUALISM )  top
    •   top... a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor at Western Sydney University in Australia who specializes in bilingualism.
    • ( BILINGUAL, BENEFITS )  top
    •   topCan Learning a New Language Stave Off Dementia.. . Research suggests that bilingual people enjoy some cognitive benefits later in life, but it probably requires more than a few Spanish lessons in your 60s
    • ( BILINGUAL, BENEFICIAL )  top
    •   topExperts say regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially beneficial, though.. . "We use language in all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor...
    • ( BILINGUAL, AUSTRALIA )  top
    •   top... all aspects of daily life, so a bilingual brain is constantly working," said Mark Antoniou, an associate professor at Western Sydney University in Australia who specializes in bilingualism.