As populations age, scientists are searching for lifestyle factors that might help people stay functionally younger for longer, and multilingual language use has emerged as a promising candidate. In a new study, researchers examined whether living in countries where speaking more than one language is common is linked to slower aging. The investigators analyzed 86,149 adults aged 51 to 90 from 27 European countries, all without a reported dementia diagnosis. They trained a statistical model to predict age from a mix of positive and adverse health indicators, then defined each person's biobehav... aging
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