Does the bilingual advantage in cognitive control exist and if so, what are its modulating factors? A systematic review

M Van den Noort, E Struys, P Bosch, L Jaswetz… - Behavioral …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Recently, doubts were raised about the existence of the bilingual advantage in cognitive
control. The aim of the present review was to investigate the bilingual advantage and its …

Cognitive advantage in bilingualism: An example of publication bias?

A De Bruin, B Treccani… - Psychological science, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Novel evidence in support of the bilingual advantage: Influences of task demands and experience on cognitive control and working memory

BN Macnamara, ARA Conway - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2014 - Springer
The bilingual advantage—enhanced cognitive control relative to monolinguals—possibly
occurs due to experience engaging general cognitive mechanisms in order to manage two …

Clear theories are needed to interpret differences: Perspectives on the bilingual advantage debate

A de Bruin, AS Dick, M Carreiras - Neurobiology of Language, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
The heated debate regarding bilingual cognitive advantages remains ongoing. While there
are many studies supporting positive cognitive effects of bilingualism, recent meta-analyses …

Bilingualism modulates dual mechanisms of cognitive control: Evidence from ERPs

J Morales, C Yudes, CJ Gómez-Ariza, MT Bajo - Neuropsychologia, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent behavioral findings with the AX-Continous Performance Task (AX-CPT; Morales et
al., 2013) show that bilinguals only outperform monolinguals under conditions that require …

Bilingualism and domain-general cognitive functions from a neural perspective: A systematic review

L Tao, G Wang, M Zhu, Q Cai - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
A large body of research has indicated that bilingualism–through continual practice in
language control–may impact cognitive functions, as well as relevant aspects of brain …

Dual mechanisms of cognitive control in bilinguals and monolinguals

J Morales, CJ Gómez-Ariza, MT Bajo - Journal of Cognitive …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Growing evidence shows that executive functioning benefits from bilingual experience.
However, the nature of the mechanisms underlying this advantage remains to be clarified …

Is bilingualism associated with enhanced executive functioning in adults? A meta-analytic review.

M Lehtonen, A Soveri, A Laine, J Järvenpää… - Psychological …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Because of enduring experience of managing two languages, bilinguals have been argued
to develop superior executive functioning compared with monolinguals. Despite extensive …

How does bilingualism modify cognitive function? Attention to the mechanism

E Bialystok, FIM Craik - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2022 - Springer
It has been claimed that bilingual experience leads to an enhancement of cognitive control
across the lifespan, a claim that has been investigated by comparing monolingual and …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of bilingual language use and response inhibition: A test of the adaptive control hypothesis

P Kałamała, J Szewczyk, A Chuderski, M Senderecka… - Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Given prior studies that provided inconsistent results, there is an ongoing debate on the
issue of whether bilingualism benefits cognitive control. We tested the Adaptive Control …