In “The Devil's Dictionary”, Bierce (1911) defined language as “The music with which we
charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.” This satirical definition reflects a core truth …

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

This review scrutinizes the evidence concerning the factors that affect the ease with which
multilinguals learn additional languages. First, I focus on language learning experiences …

The past decade marked the beginning of the use of resting‐state functional connectivity
(RSFC) imaging in bilingualism studies. This paper intends to review the latest evidence of …

Learners (ELs), students from non‐English‐speaking backgrounds, are a fast‐growing,
understudied, group of students in the US with unique learning challenges. Cognitive …

ABSTRACT Brain-Based Learning (BBL) is an instructional approach that addresses
students' achievement and learning goals from the perspective of the human brain. It entails …

Humans engage multiple brain systems to read successfully, including using regions
important for vision, language, and control. Control refers to the set of executive processes in …

This study was designed to replicate earlier reports of the utility of the Boston Naming Test–
Short Form (BNT-15) as an index of limited English proficiency (LEP). Twenty-eight English …

This study explored how language proficiency influences the Stroop effect and the reverse-
Stroop effect. The result indicated that both the Stroop effect and the reverse-Stroop effect in …

This study explored differences in sustained top‐down attentional control (ie, proactive
control) and spontaneous types of control (ie, reactive control) in bilingual and monolingual …