Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird der Forschungsstand zur Rolle der Sprache für
zuwanderungsbezogene Bildungsungleichheiten zusammengefasst und diskutiert. Dabei …

Because both languages of bilinguals are constantly active, bilinguals need to manage
attention to the target language and avoid interference from the non-target language. This …

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 …

An advantage for bilingual relative to monolingual young adults has been found for cognitive
control tasks, although this finding is not consistent in the literature. The present …

We investigated the impact of contextual constraint on the integration of novel word
meanings into semantic memory. Adults read strongly or weakly constraining sentences …

The impact of bilingualism on the microstructure of the white matter pathways related to
language processing is assessed in elementary school children by magnetic resonance …

Parallel language activation in bilinguals leads to competition between languages.
Experience managing this interference may aid novel language learning by improving the …

Comparisons of cognitive processing in monolinguals and bilinguals have revealed a
bilingual advantage in inhibitory control. Recent studies have demonstrated advantages …

Monolingual and bilingual 8-year-olds performed a computerized spatial perspective-taking
task. Children were asked to decide how an observer saw a four-block array from one of …

There are between 4,000 and 6,000 languages remaining in the world and the
characteristics of these languages vary widely. How could an infant born today master any …