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In:Growing Old with Two Languages: Effects of Bilingualism on Cognitive Aging
Edited by Ellen Bialystok and Margot D. Sullivan
[Studies in Bilingualism 53] 2017
► pp. 1–8

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Chapter 1
The importance of bilingualism for the aging brain

Current evidence and future research directions

Published online: 7 August 2017
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