[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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of bilingualism on executive functions and working memory in young adults

E Antón, M Carreiras, JA Duñabeitia - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
A bilingual advantage in a form of a better performance of bilinguals in tasks tapping into
executive function abilities has been reported repeatedly in the literature. However, recent …

The effects of bilingualism on executive functions: An updated quantitative analysis

JG Grundy - Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science, 2020 - Springer
Several researchers have suggested that learning and using a second language requires
domain-general executive functions, and many have shown that bilinguals outperform …

Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances

KR Paap, HA Johnson, O Sawi - Cortex, 2015 - Elsevier
The hypothesis that managing two languages enhances general executive functioning is
examined. More than 80% of the tests for bilingual advantages conducted after 2011 yield …

Bilingualism affords no general cognitive advantages: A population study of executive function in 11,000 people

ES Nichols, CJ Wild, B Stojanoski… - Psychological …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Whether acquiring a second language affords any general advantages to executive function
has been a matter of fierce scientific debate for decades. If being bilingual does have …

[HTML][HTML] Bilingual advantages in executive functioning: problems in convergent validity, discriminant validity, and the identification of the theoretical constructs

KR Paap, O Sawi - Frontiers in psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
A sample of 58 bilingual and 62 monolingual university students completed four tasks
commonly used to test for bilingual advantages in executive functioning (EF): antisaccade …

Who are the bilinguals (and monolinguals)?

G Luk - Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2015 - cambridge.org
In the keynote article,“Bilingualism and Cognition”, Valian (2014) has reviewed current
research on comparing executive function (EF) in monolingual and bilingual individuals …

[HTML][HTML] Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults

S Kousaie, C Sheppard, M Lemieux… - Frontiers in behavioral …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Research suggests that being bilingual results in advantages on executive control
processes and disadvantages on language tasks relative to monolinguals. Furthermore, the …

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 …