Association of Majority versus Minority First Language Multilingualism and Socioeconomic Status on Cognition among Older Indian Adults
Both multilingualism, regardless of majority-minority first language, and socioeconomic status were associated with cognitive benefits. While a multilingual cognitive advantage was more apparent among those with high SES, this advantage did not surpass the independent benefit of high SES, since monolinguals with high-SES outperformed multilingual older adults with low- and medium-SES. These results suggest that the potential benefits of multilingualism on cognition differs across life-course socioeconomic determinants of health.
Authors
- Justina F. Avila
- Leon Aksman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2342-0780)
- Jinkook Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-719X)
- Erik Meijer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7959-4670)
- Miguel Arce Rentería (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4696-6279)
- Emma L. Nichols (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9005-3872)
- Sarah Petrosyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5122-6155)
- Shrikanth Narayanan
- Iris M. Strangmann
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.090676
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34