Anatomical and functional changes in the brain after simultaneous interpreting training: A longitudinal study

E Van de Putte, W De Baene, L García-Pentón… - Cortex, 2018 - Elsevier
In the recent literature on bilingualism, a lively debate has arisen about the long-term effects
of bilingualism on cognition and the brain. These studies yield inconsistent results, in part …

Contributions of second language proficiency and interpreting experience to cognitive control differences among young adult bilinguals

Y Dong, Z Xie - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The present study investigates how two important aspects of bilingualism, second language
(L2) proficiency and language interpreting experience, contribute to cognitive control …

Does integrating a code-switch during comprehension engage cognitive control?

RM Adler, JR Valdés Kroff… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
We investigated whether bilinguals' integration of a code-switch during real-time
comprehension, which involves resolving among conflicting linguistic representations …

Should the search for bilingual advantages in executive functioning continue?

KR Paap, HA Johnson, O Sawi - Cortex, 2016 - Elsevier
The commentators on our target article,(Paap, Johnson, & Sawi, 2015) nicely framed its
importance and impact: Hartsuiker (2015) observed that early reports of bilingual …

Components of executive control with advantages for bilingual children in two cultures

E Bialystok, M Viswanathan - Cognition, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study used a behavioral version of an anti-saccade task, called the 'faces task',
developed by [Bialystok, E., Craik, FIM, & Ryan, J.(2006). Executive control in a modified anti …

Variability in the effects of bilingualism on cognition: It is not just about cognition, it is also about bilingualism

M Kaushanskaya, A Prior - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2015 - cambridge.org
Valian (2014) suggests that the messy state of the literature examining the effects of
bilingualism on executive functioning (EF) stems from lack of clarity in how EFs are defined …

[HTML][HTML] Not all bilinguals are the same: A call for more detailed assessments and descriptions of bilingual experiences

A De Bruin - Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
No two bilinguals are the same. Differences in bilingual experiences can affect language-
related processes but have also been proposed to modulate executive functioning …

[HTML][HTML] Qualitative differences between bilingual language control and executive control: Evidence from task-switching

M Calabria, M Hernández, FM Branzi… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Previous research has shown that highly proficient bilinguals have comparable switch costs
in both directions when they switch between languages (L1 and L2), the so-called …

Bilingual advantage and language switch: What's the linkage?

M Scaltritti, F Peressotti, M Miozzo - Bilingualism: Language and …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Whether bilingualism affects executive functions is a topic of intense debate. While some
studies have provided evidence of enhanced executive functions in bilinguals compared to …

No evidence for a bilingual executive function advantage in the ABCD study

AS Dick, NL Garcia, SM Pruden, WK Thompson… - Nature human …, 2019 - nature.com
Learning a second language in childhood is inherently advantageous for communication.
However, parents, educators and scientists have been interested in determining whether …