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 …

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 …

According to some estimates, more than half of the world's population is multilingual to some
extent. Because of the centrality of language use to human experience and the deep …

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

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

Inhibitory control is thought to demonstrate heterotypic continuity, in other words, continuity
in its purpose or function but changes in its behavioral manifestation over time. This creates …

Evidence suggests that cultural experiences and learning multiple languages have
measurable effects on children's development of executive function (EF). However, the …

This pioneering book is now in a revised and expanded second edition featuring the latest
neuroscientific knowledge and instructional strategies. Kelly B. Cartwright provides a …

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

Bilingualism is a powerful experiential factor, and its effects have been proposed to extend
beyond the linguistic domain by boosting the development of executive functioning skills …