Approximately half of the world's population is bilingual or multilingual. The bilingual
advantage theory claims that the constant need to control both known languages, that are …

Because of enduring experience of managing two languages, bilinguals have been argued
to develop superior executive functioning compared with monolinguals. Despite extensive …

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

The influence of bilingualism on cognitive functioning is currently a topic of intense scientific
debate. The strongest evidence for a cognitive benefit of bilingualism has been …

Bilingual people are often claimed to have an advantage over monolingual people in
cognitive processing owing to their ability to learn and use two languages. This advantage is …

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 …

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 …

Background Bilingualism is widespread and being bilingual is more common than being
monolingual. The lifelong practice bilinguals receive from managing two languages seems …

Several researchers have suggested that learning and using a second language requires
domain-general executive functions, and many have shown that bilinguals outperform …

The ongoing debate regarding the effects of bilingualism on executive functions warrants a
deeper investigation into sample characteristics, and the likelihood of performance …