Does bilingualism increase brain or cognitive reserve in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy?

Summary Objective Bilingual healthy adults have been shown to exhibit an advantage in executive functioning ( EF ) that is associated with microstructural changes in white matter ( WM ) networks. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy ( TLE ) often show EF deficits that are associated with WM compromise. In this study, we investigate whether bilingualism can increase cognitive reserve and/or brain reserve in bilingual patients with TLE ,...