
Dr. Ellen Bialystok, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University will present “Reshaping the Mind: The Benefits of Bilingualism.” Dr. Bialystok is Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Her areas of research interests include effect of bilingualism on children’s language and cognitive development, showing accelerated mastery of specific cognitive processes for bilingual children. This research has recently been extended to investigations of adult processing and found that lifelong bilingualism protects older adults from cognitive decline with aging.
Dr. Bialystok’s recent publications as first author include Receptive Vocabulary Differences in Monolingual and Bilingual Children in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition and Global-local and Trail-Making Tasks by Monolingual and Bilingual Children: Beyond Inhibition published in Developmental Psychology.
For more information about the about the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy (CCEC) visit their website. Dr. Bialystok’s 4:00 presentation will be immediately followed by a cocktail reception. Please RSVP to the event with your name and indicate if you are able to attend both the presentation and cocktail reception or just the presentation. We do hope to see you there and you can help spread the word of the new date to those who might be interested in attending.
********Please note: You must be 21 to attend the cocktail reception.*******