Is bilingualism related to a cognitive advantage in children? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

HL Gunnerud, D Ten Braak, EKL Reikerås… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Bilingual people are often claimed to have an advantage over monolingual people in
cognitive processing owing to their ability to learn and use two languages. This advantage is …

[HTML][HTML] Not all bilinguals are the same: A call for more detailed assessments and descriptions of bilingual experiences

A De Bruin - Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
No two bilinguals are the same. Differences in bilingual experiences can affect language-
related processes but have also been proposed to modulate executive functioning …

The bilingual advantage in children's executive functioning is not related to language status: A meta-analytic review

CJ Lowe, I Cho, SF Goldsmith… - Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
There is considerable debate about whether bilingual children have an advantage in
executive functioning relative to monolingual children. In the current meta-analysis, we …

Bilingualism: consequences for mind and brain

E Bialystok, FIM Craik, G Luk - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2012 - cell.com
Building on earlier evidence showing a beneficial effect of bilingualism on children's
cognitive development, we review recent studies using both behavioral and neuroimaging …

The cognitive development of young dual language learners: A critical review

R Barac, E Bialystok, DC Castro, M Sanchez - Early childhood research …, 2014 - Elsevier
Dual language exposure and bilingualism are relatively common experiences for children.
The present review set out to synthesize the existing research on cognitive development in …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis reveals a bilingual advantage that is dependent on task and age

AT Ware, M Kirkovski, JAG Lum - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Debate continues on whether a bilingual advantage exists with respect to executive
functioning. This report synthesized the results of 170 studies to test whether the bilingual …

Emerging bilingualism: Dissociating advantages for metalinguistic awareness and executive control

E Bialystok, R Barac - Cognition, 2012 - Elsevier
The present studies revealed different factors associated with the reported advantages
found in fully bilingual children for metalinguistic awareness and executive control …

[HTML][HTML] A review of control processes and their locus in language switching

M Declerck, AM Philipp - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Language switching has been one of the main tasks to investigate language
control, a process that restricts bilingual language processing to the target language. In the …

Are bilingual advantages dependent upon specific tasks or specific bilingual experiences?

KR Paap, HA Johnson, O Sawi - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Paap and Greenberg concluded that there is no coherent evidence for bilingual advantages
in executive processing. More optimistic researchers believe that the advantages may be …

[HTML][HTML] Does language dominance affect cognitive performance in bilinguals? Lifespan evidence from preschoolers through older adults on card sorting, Simon, and …

VCM Gathercole, EM Thomas, I Kennedy… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
This study explores the extent to which a bilingual advantage can be observed for three
tasks in an established population of fully fluent bilinguals from childhood through …