It is a widely held belief that bilinguals have an advantage over monolinguals in executive-
control tasks, but is this what all studies actually demonstrate? The idea of a bilingual …

Proficient bilinguals use two languages actively, but the contexts in which they do so may
differ dramatically. The present study asked what consequences the contexts of language …

There is considerable debate about whether bilingual children have an advantage in
executive functioning relative to monolingual children. In the current meta-analysis, we …

In this article, I review research examining the effect of bilingualism on children's cognitive
development and in particular, executive function. I describe studies reporting bilingual …

The brain has an extraordinary ability to functionally and physically change or reconfigure its
structure in response to environmental stimulus, cognitive demand, or behavioral …

The relation between bilingualism and cognition is informative about the connection
between language and mind. From the perspective of language, the question is how …

Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the …

Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the
linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use …

The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …

The question whether being bilingual yields cognitive benefits is highly controversial with
prior studies providing inconsistent results. Failures to replicate the bilingual advantage …