The impact of bilingualism on executive functions in children and adolescents: A systematic review based on the PRISMA method
Approximately half of the world's population is bilingual or multilingual. The bilingual
advantage theory claims that the constant need to control both known languages, that are …
advantage theory claims that the constant need to control both known languages, that are …
Do bilingual children have an executive function advantage? Results from inhibition, shifting, and updating tasks
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine differences in performance between
monolingual and Spanish–English bilingual second graders (aged 7–9 years old) on …
monolingual and Spanish–English bilingual second graders (aged 7–9 years old) on …
Bilingual children outperform monolingual children on executive function tasks far more often than chance: An updated quantitative analysis
The ongoing debate regarding the effects of bilingualism on executive functions warrants a
deeper investigation into sample characteristics, and the likelihood of performance …
deeper investigation into sample characteristics, and the likelihood of performance …
Language control in regional dialect speakers–monolingual by name, bilingual by nature?
NW Kirk, M Declerck, RJ Kemp… - … : Language and Cognition, 2022 - cambridge.org
While research on bilingual language processing is sensitive to different usage contexts,
monolinguals are still often treated as a homogeneous control group, despite frequently …
monolinguals are still often treated as a homogeneous control group, despite frequently …
Bidialectalism and bilingualism: Exploring the role of language similarity as a link between linguistic ability and executive control
J Oschwald, A Schättin, CC Von Bastian… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The notion of bilingual advantages in executive functions (EF) is based on the assumption
that the demands posed by cross-language interference serve as EF training. These training …
that the demands posed by cross-language interference serve as EF training. These training …
How many moderators does it take till we know… that too many bilingual advantage effects have died?
The debate concerning a potential bilingual cognitive advantage is ongoing but has turned
to focus on understanding factors modulating the appearance of bilingual effects. The …
to focus on understanding factors modulating the appearance of bilingual effects. The …
Vocabulary matters! The relationship between verbal fluency and measures of inhibitory control in monolingual and bilingual children
The role of early bilingual experience in the development of skills in the general cognitive
and linguistic domains remains poorly understood. This study investigated the link between …
and linguistic domains remains poorly understood. This study investigated the link between …
Can monolinguals be like bilinguals? Evidence from dialect switching
Bilinguals rely on cognitive control mechanisms like selective activation and inhibition of
lexical entries to prevent intrusions from the non-target language. We present cross …
lexical entries to prevent intrusions from the non-target language. We present cross …
Attention in bilingual children with developmental language disorder
Purpose Attention and language are hypothesized to interact in bilingual children and in
children with developmental language disorder (DLD). In children who are bilingual …
children with developmental language disorder (DLD). In children who are bilingual …
The effect of bidialectalism on executive function
Aims and objectives: We investigate how varying usage patterns in speakers of closely
related language varieties might impact executive function. More specifically, bidialectals …
related language varieties might impact executive function. More specifically, bidialectals …