We analyzed the effects of bilingualism and age on executive function. We examined these
variables along a continuum, as opposed to dichotomizing them. We investigated the impact …

Previous research has found an advantage for bilinguals relative to monolinguals on tasks
of attentional control. This advantage has been found to be larger in older adults than in …

Research suggests that being bilingual results in advantages on executive control
processes and disadvantages on language tasks relative to monolinguals. Furthermore, the …

Bilingualism has been argued to benefit executive functioning. However, recent research
suggests that this advantage may stem from uncontrolled factors or incorrectly matched …

Previous work has shown that bilingualism is associated with more effective controlled
processing in children; the assumption is that the constant management of 2 competing …

Given previous, but inconsistent, findings of language group differences on cognitive control
tasks the current investigation examined whether such differences could be demonstrated in …

Aims and Objectives: Bilinguals have been claimed to develop superior executive
functioning compared to monolinguals due to their continuous experience of controlling two …

The goal of my keynote article,“Bilingualism and Cognition”(Valian, 2014), was to resolve
the inconsistencies in effects of bilingualism on executive functions, whether the individuals …

It has been claimed that bilingual experience leads to an enhancement of cognitive control
across the lifespan, a claim that has been investigated by comparing monolingual and …

A dense body of research shows that cognitive functions change with age. More recently,
studies have provided evidence that bilingualism aids in offsetting agerelated losses in …