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I am a librarian at Cal Poly Pomona. I have an M.S. in library and information science and an M.A. in English. This weblog reflects my interests in library & information science, literature, language, culture, and the arts. Click for my full profile.


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    Bilingualism Protects Brain From Aging (6/14/2004)

    Three studies compared the reaction time of 104 monolingual and bilingual middle-aged (30-59 year olds) and 50 older adults (60-88 year olds) using the Simon Task. In all three studies, the bilingual adults performed faster than the monolingual adults. Read the full report here (pdf).

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