Bilingualism and working memory capacity: A comprehensive meta-analysis

JG Grundy, K Timmer - Second Language Research, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Bilinguals often outperform monolinguals on executive function tasks, including tasks that
tap cognitive flexibility, conflict monitoring, and task-switching abilities. Some have …

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 …

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 …

Is bilingualism associated with better working memory capacity? A meta-analysis

C Monnier, J Boiché, P Armandon… - … Journal of Bilingual …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Due to their experience of managing two languages, it has been suggested that bilinguals
could receive more practice in the domain of working memory (WM) leading to a WM …

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 …

Working memory capacity: Is there a bilingual advantage?

I Ratiu, T Azuma - Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Previous studies suggest that bilinguals have certain executive function advantages over
monolinguals. However, few studies have examined specific working memory (WM) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of bilingualism on working memory: A null effect on the whole may not be so on the parts

N Calvo, A Ibáñez, AM García - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Abundant research has examined the relationship between bilingualism and working
memory (WM), a system that keeps information accessible while dealing with concurrent …

Working memory in multilingual children: Is there a bilingual effect?

PMJ Engel de Abreu - Memory, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This research investigates whether early childhood bilingualism affects working memory
performance in 6-to 8-year-olds, followed over a longitudinal period of 3 years. The study …

Examining the effects of active versus inactive bilingualism on executive control in a carefully matched non-immigrant sample

A De Bruin, TH Bak, S Della Sala - Journal of Memory and Language, 2015 - Elsevier
Bilinguals have been argued to show a cognitive advantage over monolinguals, although
this notion has recently been called into question. In many studies, bilinguals and …