This study investigated the possibility that lifelong bilingualism may lead to enhanced
efficiency in the ability to shift between mental sets. We compared the performance of …

Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has
lagged behind that of monolinguals. With this book, which draws on twenty-five years of the …

Psycholinguistics–the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge
structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language–had a …

Ninety-six participants, who were younger (20 years) or older (68 years) adults and either
monolingual or bilingual, completed tasks assessing working memory, lexical retrieval, and …

In an experimental study of language switching and selection, bilinguals named numerals in
either their first or second language unpredictably. Response latencies (RTs) on switch trials …

The words “bilingual” and “bilingualism” have many different meanings depending on the
context they are used in. They can include the knowledge and use of two or more …

Bilinguals have been shown to outperform monolinguals in a variety of tasks that do not tap
into linguistic processes. The origin of this bilingual advantage has been questioned in …

Advanced inhibitory control skills have been found in bilingual speakers as compared to
monolingual controls (Bialystok, 1999). We examined whether this effect is generalized to an …

Five experiments are reported in which the picture naming performance of bilingual
speakers in a language-switching task was explored. In Experiment 1, Spanish learners of …

This chapter examines the factors that influence it will be spelled out, and the impact it has
on language behavior. It describes existing evidence for the bilingual's language modes in …