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ReviewAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

Deconstructing bilingualism and its sociocultural determinants in cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Miguel Arce Rentería, Iris M Strangmann, Ladan Ghazi Saidi, Melany M Subina, Avanthi Paplikar, Tanya Dash, Ana Sofia Costa, Durjoy Lahiri, Zara A Page, Arpita Bose and 11 more

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Miguel Arce RenteríaDepartment of Neurology, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4696-6279
Iris M StrangmannDepartment of Neurology, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, USA.
Ladan Ghazi SaidiDepartment of Communication Disorders, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Nebraska, Kearney, USA.
Melany M SubinaDepartment of Neurology, Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, New York, USA.
Avanthi PaplikarSpeakUp Centre for Speech Therapy & Neuro Rehabilitation, Bengaluru, India.
Tanya DashDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Ana Sofia CostaDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.
Durjoy LahiriDepartment of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Zara A PageCentre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Arpita BoseSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Samrah AhmedSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Shana D StitesDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Aminette D'SouzaNuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ratnavalli EllajosyulaCognitive Neurology Clinic, Manipal Hospital, and Annasawmy Mudaliar Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Sanne FranzenDepartment of Neurology and Alzheimer Center, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Suvarna AlladiDepartment of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Jessica de LeonDepartment of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Marco CalabriaFaculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Boon Lead TeeDepartment of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Ganesh M BabulalDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Stephanie M GrassoDepartment of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.

Funding

Naturalistic driving as a functional neurobehavioral marker of preclinical and symptomatic Alzheimer diseaseR01AG068183 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BABULAL, GANESH M · 2020 to 2024
$6.7M
The impact of bilingualism on cognitive reserve/resilience using socio-demographically and linguistically diverse populationsR01AG080469 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Suvarna Alladi, Ganesh M Babulal · 2023 to 2026
$4.0M
The Impact of Depression and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease on Driving Among Older AdultsR01AG067428 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BABULAL, GANESH M · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Aging Research Characterizing Health Exposome via Social drivers (ARCHES)R01AG074302 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BABULAL, GANESH M · 2021 to 2025
$3.7M
Word fluency task performance as a marker of Alzheimer’s disease in Tagalog/English bilingual speakerR01AG080396 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Jessica Anne Deleon · 2023 to 2026
$3.3M
Multilingualism as a factor of resilience to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in IndiaR01AG080473 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Leon Aksman, Miguel Arce · 2023 to 2026
$3.1M
Bilingual Factors Associated with Cognitive Reserve and Linguistic Resilience in Hispanics with Primary Progressive AphasiaR01AG080470 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Stephanie M Grasso · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Primary Progressive Aphasia: Beyond the Clinical VariantsK23DC018021 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DELEON, JESSICA ANNE · 2020 to 2024
$995k
Factors of Resilience to Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias among Latinx: The Role of BilingualismR00AG066932 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARCE, MIGUEL · 2023 to 2025
$938k
Study of Cognitive Symptoms and Future Time Perspective in Preclinical Alzheimer's DiseaseK23AG065442 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI STITES, SHANA D. · 2020 to 2024
$886k
Factors of Resilience to Alzheimers Disease and Related Dementias among Latinx: The Role of BilingualismK99AG066932 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARCE, MIGUEL · 2020 to 2021
$261k
an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Fee OffsetClinician Scientist Program of the Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen UniversityDementia Centre for Research Collaboration (DCRC) PhD ScholarshipHealth∼Holland, Topsector Life Sciences & Health LSHM20106NIA NIH HHS 1K23AG065442NIA NIH HHS K23 AG065442NIA NIH HHS K23DC018021NIA NIH HHS K99 AG066932NIA NIH HHS R00 AG066932NIA NIH HHS R00AG066932NIA NIH HHS R01 AG067428NIA NIH HHS R01AG067428NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068183NIA NIH HHS R01AG068183NIA NIH HHS R01 AG074302NIA NIH HHS R01AG074302NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080396NIA NIH HHS R01AG080396NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080469NIA NIH HHS R01AG080469NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080470NIA NIH HHS R01AG080470NIA NIH HHS R01 AG080473NIA NIH HHS R01AG080473NIDCD NIH HHS K23 DC018021NIHSpanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU)the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) Josh Woolfson Memorial ScholarshipThe Dutch Medical Research Council (ZonMw) 1051003210004The Dutch Medical Research Council (ZonMw) 73305095007the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER/EU) PID2023-149755OB-I00the State Research Agency (AEI)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite bilingualism being highly prevalent worldwide, the role of bilingualism in cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) remains inconclusive. Gaps include whether bilingual adults show reduced ADRD risk, how cognitive decline manifests across both languages, and what considerations are needed for accurate clinical assessment and intervention. The Bilingualism, Languages and Literacy Special Interest Group, part of the Diversity and Disparities Professional Interest Area, gathered an international, interdisciplinary group of researchers to identify key methodological factors impacting the study of bilingualism in cognitive aging and ADRD. Factors identified ranged from the operationalization and measurement of bilingualism, heterogeneity of bilingual populations, inconsistent accounting of sociocultural influences, scarcity of best practices in the clinical assessment and interventions of/for bilingual adults, and limited inclusion of conceptual frameworks. Findings generated reporting recommendations designed to increase rigor, comparability, and reproducibility across studies, and provide guidance for strengthening future research involving bilingual adults.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCognitive AgingMultilingualismAgingHumansADRDassessmentbilingual interventionbilingualismcognitive agingcognitive reserveculturediversitymultilingualism

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PMID42017332
PMCPMC13100890

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