Editor's note: Today, more of the world's population is bilingual or multilingual than
monolingual. In addition to facilitating cross-cultural communication, this trend also positively …

The ability to speak two languages often marvels monolinguals, although bilinguals report
no difficulties in achieving this feat. Here, we examine how learning and using two …

The cognitive and linguistic processes involved in the acquisition and use of two languages
are systematically different from those processes engaged in monolingual language use …

The heated debate regarding bilingual cognitive advantages remains ongoing. While there
are many studies supporting positive cognitive effects of bilingualism, recent meta-analyses …

Building on earlier evidence showing a beneficial effect of bilingualism on children's
cognitive development, we review recent studies using both behavioral and neuroimaging …

The bilingual advantage hypothesis contends that the management of two languages in the
brain is carried out through domain‐general mechanisms, and that bilinguals possess a …

A large body of research has indicated that bilingualism–through continual practice in
language control–may impact cognitive functions, as well as relevant aspects of brain …

A series of discoveries in the past two decades has changed the way we think about
bilingualism and its implications for language and cognition. One is that both of the …

Bilingualism was once thought to result in cognitive disadvantages, but research in recent
decades has demonstrated that experience with two (or more) languages confers a bilingual …

The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …