Researchers find brain's default network shrinks in healthy aging and dementia

Researchers at York University and Cornell University have found the brain’s default network, a collection of brain regions thought to be involved in cognitive functions such as memory, declines in volume with both normal aging and in Alzheimer’s disease. These new findings suggest that structural changes in this collection of brain regions may be critical […]

Professor Ellen Bialystok interviewed in The Wall Street Journal about building more resilient brains

A lifetime of speaking two or more languages appears to pay off in old age, with recent research showing the symptoms of dementia can be delayed by an average of four years in bilingual people, wrote The Wall Street Journal online Oct. 11: Over time, regularly speaking more than one language appears to strengthen skills […]

Audio: York Prof on bilingualism, Alzheimer's disease and maintaining an active mind

Ellen Bialystok, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology in York's Faculty of Health, spoke to Radio Canada International's "The Link" March 26 about her research on bilingualism and Alzheimer's disease. Her interview starts 12 minutes into the episode and runs for six and a half minutes to the 18:30 mark. Bialystok also spoke to the Guelph […]