Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F20%3A50016932" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/20:50016932 - isvavai.cz</a>

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RIV/00216208:11150/20:10418372 RIV/00179906:_____/20:10418372

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/9/573/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/9/573/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10090573" target="_blank" >10.3390/brainsci10090573</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of this article is to discuss the effect of learning a non-native language on the enhancement of cognitive performance in healthy native Czech elderly. In addition, special emphasis is put on a qualitative assessment. 42 Czech cognitively unimpaired seniors were enrolled into the study. These were then divided into an experimental group (i.e. 20 healthy elderly studied English as a non-native language for three months), and a passive control group (22 healthy elderly, who did not undergo any non-native language intervention).The main outcome measures included Montreal Cognitive Assessment, statistical processing of the data and a qualitative content analysis. The results indicate that the cognitive performance of the intervention group did not differ from the control group. Therefore, no cognitive enhancement through non-native language learning was achieved. However, the findings of the qualitative analysis show that such non-native language learning with the peers of the same age is especially beneficial for the overall well-being of healthy seniors, especially as fare as their social networks are concerned. Furthermore, participant’s subjective feelings indicate that foreign language learning also contributes to acquiring new English words and phrases. However, since there are very few empirical studies on this research topic, further research is needed in order to confirm or refute the present research findings on the enhancement of cognitive performance through non-native language learning in healthy seniors.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Enhancing Cognitive Performance of Healthy Czech Seniors through Non-Native Language Learning—A Mixed-Methods Pilot Study

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of this article is to discuss the effect of learning a non-native language on the enhancement of cognitive performance in healthy native Czech elderly. In addition, special emphasis is put on a qualitative assessment. 42 Czech cognitively unimpaired seniors were enrolled into the study. These were then divided into an experimental group (i.e. 20 healthy elderly studied English as a non-native language for three months), and a passive control group (22 healthy elderly, who did not undergo any non-native language intervention).The main outcome measures included Montreal Cognitive Assessment, statistical processing of the data and a qualitative content analysis. The results indicate that the cognitive performance of the intervention group did not differ from the control group. Therefore, no cognitive enhancement through non-native language learning was achieved. However, the findings of the qualitative analysis show that such non-native language learning with the peers of the same age is especially beneficial for the overall well-being of healthy seniors, especially as fare as their social networks are concerned. Furthermore, participant’s subjective feelings indicate that foreign language learning also contributes to acquiring new English words and phrases. However, since there are very few empirical studies on this research topic, further research is needed in order to confirm or refute the present research findings on the enhancement of cognitive performance through non-native language learning in healthy seniors.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Brain sciences

ISSN

2076-3425

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

10

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

9

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

"Article Number: 573"

Kód UT WoS článku

000580148600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85089669433