There is continuing debate over whether bilingualism can confer advantages in other areas
of cognition. Bilingual language behaviours, such as switching between languages, are …

The notion that the long-term practice of managing two languages is beneficial for the
executive control system is an ongoing debate. Criticism have been raised that studies …

The present short review discusses reasons for the mixed results on the possible
enhancement of cognition, especially executive function, in bilingualism. We define three …

Seminal research which indicates that bilingualism leads to enhanced executive control
(Bialystok, Craik, Green & Gollan, 2009; Bialystok, Craik & Luk, 2012) has recently been …

The current special issue presents the state of the art on the topics of both bilingual
language control and executive function, with a particular focus on how bilingualism and …

The study of bilingualism has charted a dramatically new, important, and exciting course in
the 21st century, benefiting from the integration in cognitive science of theoretical linguistics …

Whether a cognitive advantage exists for bilingual individuals has been the source of heated
debate in the last decade. While empirical evidence putatively in favor of or against this …

Recent studies revealed inconsistent evidences of a bilingual advantage in executive
processing. One potential source of explanation is the multifaceted experience of the …

Three important issues bear on understanding the connection between bilingualism and
executive function. The first is the absence of a fine-grained task analysis for executive …

Valian (2014) argues that current approaches in the study of bilingualism's beneficial effects
on executive functions and cognition are at best methodologically weak. There is no …