One time I tried to speak Taiwanese (not Mandarin) with my 90-yr-old grandma – I somehow blurted out an English word instead. 🫨 My brain was either heavily processing cognitive inhibition, or an early sign of dementia was manifesting.

One time I tried to speak Taiwanese (not Mandarin) with my 90-yr-old grandma – I somehow blurted out an English word instead. 🫨 My brain was either heavily processing cognitive inhibition, or an early sign of dementia was manifesting.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/well/mind/dementia-bilingual-language.html