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Move over Super Mario and Candy Crush, Ami is set to take the game world by storm – for the mature audiences at least. Ami operates on the scientific hypothesis that bilingualism or multilingualism has positive effects on the cognitive abilities of the elderly.

Called Ami, the app is a simple and interactive touch-screen game suitable for the elderly. It currently offers three games and supports six different languages including dialects, which are Chinese, English, and Malay, Tamil, Hokkien and Cantonese.

What are the benefits of bilingualism? It turns out that in addition to educational benefits, work convenience and maintaining connections with family and cultural traditions, bilingualism also has a positive impact on the brain and even delays the onset of dementia.

The article explores the cognitive functions of fluid abilities and crystalised abilities.

Through this research, Assoc Prof Yow aims to develop ideas on ways to embrace language diversity, with the ultimate goal of harnessing the advantages of bilingualism to improve the developmental and educational outcomes for children from all walks of life.

Dr Nilanjan Raghunath has been awarded SGD 45,500 research grant and a research fellowship by the Social Mobility Foundation (LKYLSPP, NUS)

Dr Nilanjan Raghunath has received the Fulbright research scholar award and grant for 2023.