According to some estimates, more than half of the world's population is multilingual to some
extent. Because of the centrality of language use to human experience and the deep …

Recent years have seen an expansion in the research related to structural brain adaptations
related to the acquisition and processing of additional languages. However, the …

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 goal of the present review is to discuss recent cognitive neuroscientific findings
concerning bilingualism. Three interrelated questions about the bilingual brain are …

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

Contemporary research on bilingualism has been framed by two major discoveries. In the
realm of language processing, studies of comprehension and production show that …

Questions about the effect of bilingualism on cognitive functioning have been asked for
almost a century, conveying a long-standing implicit assumption that bilingualism has …

Aims and objectives: The objectives of the present research were to examine the cognitive
consequences of trilingualism and explain them relative to the cognitive consequences of …

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 …

A review of the current literature regarding bilingualism demonstrates that bilingualism is
linked to higher levels of controlled attention and inhibition in executive control and can …