Bilingualism and working memory performance: Evidence from a large-scale online study

KM Lukasik, M Lehtonen, A Soveri, O Waris, J Jylkkä… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The bilingual executive advantage (BEA) hypothesis has attracted considerable research
interest, but the findings are inconclusive. We addressed this issue in the domain of working …

A domain-general monitoring account of language switching in recognition tasks: Evidence for adaptive control

E Struys, EVY Woumans, S Nour… - Bilingualism …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Language switching experience is assumed to have an effect on domain-general control
abilities in bilinguals, but previous studies on the relationship between these two variables …

The agent preference in visual event apprehension

A Isasi-Isasmendi, C Andrews, M Flecken, I Laka… - Open Mind, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
A central aspect of human experience and communication is understanding events in terms
of agent (“doer”) and patient (“undergoer” of action) roles. These event roles are rooted in …

Linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and cognitive skills: A study of disadvantaged children in India

IM Tsimpli, M Vogelzang, A Balasubramanian… - Languages, 2020 - mdpi.com
Multilingualism and linguistic diversity are the norm in India. Although studies have shown a
relation between bilingualism and cognitive gains, linguistic diversity has so far been …

The importance of bilingual experience in assessing bilingual advantages in executive functions

H Yang, A Hartanto, S Yang - Cortex, 2016 - ink.library.smu.edu.sg
Abstract Paap, Johnson, and Sawi (2015) contend that bilingual advantages in executive
functions (EF) do not exist, and that there is no compelling evidence that a certain bilingual …

Cognitive advantages of immersion education after 1 year: Effects of amount of exposure

D Purić, J Vuksanović, V Chondrogianni - Journal of Experimental Child …, 2017 - Elsevier
Previous studies with bilingual children have shown that the nature of their second-
language instruction has an effect on the development of their cognitive abilities. The aim of …

Developmental associations between bilingual experience and inhibitory control trajectories in Head Start children

J Santillán, A Khurana - Developmental science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Children from lower socioeconomic (SES) backgrounds tend to be at‐risk for executive
function (EF) impairments by the time they are in preschool, placing them at an early …

[PDF][PDF] Teachers' Perspective on Strategy for Teaching English Vocabulary to Young Learners

R Deni, F Fahriany - Vision: Journal for Language and …, 2020 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Teaching and learning vocabulary is an integral part of foreign language learning since it is
the basic sub-skill for someone who wants to learn a foreign language. Thus, it is essential …

The role of bilingualism in executive functions in healthy older adults: A systematic review

MG Degirmenci, JA Grossmann… - International …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Aims and Objectives: Bilinguals have been claimed to develop superior executive
functioning compared to monolinguals due to their continuous experience of controlling two …

Relationship between language switching experience and executive functions in bilinguals: an Internet-based study

J Jylkkä, A Soveri, J Wahlström… - Journal of Cognitive …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We examined the relationship between self-reported everyday language switching
experience and the performance of early bilinguals in tasks measuring different executive …