Older Gaels sought for Abertay’s ‘mental agility’ study
Gaelic speakers over the age of 60 have been sought for research into whether speaking more than one language helps older people stay “mentally agile”.
From the BBC, 27 April 2011:
Gaelic speakers over the age of 60 have been sought for research into whether speaking more than one language helps older people stay “mentally agile”.
Psychologist Neil Kirk is leading the study by Dundee’s University of Abertay.
He hopes to talk to people living on Lewis and Harris who learnt Gaelic as their first language.
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