Integrating Special Populations: Seminar Series
Cultural Neuropsychological Considerations When Working with Bilingual Populations
Miguel Arce Rentería, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neuropsychology
Columbia University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Taub Institute For Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain
Outreach Recruitment and Engagement (ORE) Core Director, Columbia University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC)
Bilingualism is associated with cognitive functioning and may provide resilience to cognitive aging. However, bilingualism is a complex linguistic and sociocultural phenomenon. Deconstructing bilingualism and accounting for key sociocultural confounds can elucidate the role of bilingualism in cognitive aging.
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