查看文章

Comments on an article by KR Paap et al.(see record 2015-37140-026). The paper by Paap et al., which calls into question the reliability of the phenomenon itself, may appear quite surprising. Admittedly, however, the picture of general agreement on this subject has been recently undermined. Paap et al. highlight the inconsistency of findings regarding the specific EF component that should be affected by bilingualism and the particular aspect of bilinguals' experiences that should enhance the efficiency of such a component. This is related to what is, in their opinion, one of the most serious faults of the literature on this topic, that is, the lack of a clear, sound, well-grounded and broadly endorsed theory about how the mechanisms responsible for the management of the two languages would affect executive functions. The advocates of the bilingual advantage in EF assume that the bilinguals' massive practice in …