The relationship between bilingual language use and executive functions

M Lehtonen, V Fyndanis, J Jylkkä - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
There is continuing debate over whether bilingualism can confer advantages in other areas
of cognition. Bilingual language behaviours, such as switching between languages, are …

Elicited imitation tasks as a measure of L2 proficiency: A meta-analysis

M Kostromitina, L Plonsky - Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022 - cambridge.org
Elicited imitation tasks (EITs) have been proposed and examined as a practical measure of
second language (L2) proficiency. This study aimed to provide an updated and …

Is there a cognitive advantage in inhibition and switching for bilingual children? A systematic review

N Planckaert, W Duyck, E Woumans - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Several studies have pointed to beneficial effects of bilingualism on executive functioning.
However, observations of these beneficial effects have at times proven difficult to reproduce …

Explaining individual differences in executive functions performance in multilinguals: The impact of code-switching and alternating between multicultural identity styles

J Treffers-Daller, Z Ongun, J Hofweber… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study sheds new light on the relative impact of switching between languages and
switching between cultures on Executive Functions (EFs) in bilinguals. Several studies have …

How different code-switching types modulate bilinguals' executive functions: A dual control mode perspective

J Hofweber, T Marinis, J Treffers-Daller - Bilingualism: Language and …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Most existing studies on the relationship between code-switching and executive functions
have focused on experimentally induced language-switching, which differs fundamentally …

Examining language switching and cognitive control through the adaptive control hypothesis

G Lai, BA O'Brien - Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increasing evidence suggests that language switching is a distinct form of bilingual
language control that engages cognitive control. The most relevant and widely discussed …

Predictions about the cognitive consequences of language switching on executive functioning inspired by the adaptive control hypothesis fail more often than not

KR Paap, L Mason, R Anders-Jefferson - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The adaptive control hypothesis developed by Green and Abutalebi is the most influential
theory of bilingual language control. The focus of this article is on the predictions that other …

The effects of habitual code-switching in bilingual language production on cognitive control

X Han, W Li, R Filippi - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2022 - cambridge.org
This study explored how bilingual code-switching habits affect cognitive shifting and
inhibition. Habitual code-switching from 31 Mandarin–English bilingual adults were …

Phasic pupillary responses reveal differential engagement of attentional control in bilingual spoken language processing

AL Beatty-Martínez, RE Guzzardo Tamargo… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Language processing is cognitively demanding, requiring attentional resources to
efficiently select and extract linguistic information as utterances unfold. Previous research …

Language proficiency predictors of code-switching behavior in dual-language-learning children

LTS Tenés, JC Weiner-Bühler, L Volpin… - Bilingualism …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Code-switching, switching between different languages within the same conversation, is a
prominent feature in bilingual communication. This study aimed to elucidate to what extent …