[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 …

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] Is there a bilingual advantage on interference-control tasks? A multiverse meta-analysis of global reaction time and interference cost

S Donnelly, PJ Brooks, BD Homer - Psychonomic bulletin & review, 2019 - Springer
A contentious issue in contemporary psycholinguistics is whether bilingualism enhances
executive functions. Here, we report a meta-analysis of 80 studies (253 effect sizes) …

The bilingual advantage debate: Quantity and quality of the evidence

K Paap - The handbook of the neuroscience of multilingualism, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The bilingual advantage hypothesis is difficult to test for many reasons and one is the
complexity of the executive functioning (EF) construct. The newest wave of meta‐anlayses …

Context, intersectionality, and resilience: Moving toward a more holistic study of bilingualism in cognitive science.

BG López, A Luque, B Piña-Watson - Cultural Diversity and Ethnic …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Bilingual experiences are diverse, vibrant, and multidimensional. Yet, prior
research has often homogenized bilingualism and based outcomes upon monolingual …

Illusory vowels in Spanish–English sequential bilinguals: Evidence that accurate L2 perception is neither necessary nor sufficient for accurate L2 production

E De Leeuw, L Stockall… - Second Language …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Spanish native speakers are known to pronounce onset/sC/clusters in English with a
prothetic vowel, as in esport for sport, due to their native language phonotactic constraints …

Relating individual differences in bilingual language experiences to executive attention

BL Yamasaki, A Stocco, CS Prat - Language, Cognition and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
While bilinguals differ from monolinguals in brain structure and function, the extent to which
these differences impact non-linguistic cognitive abilities remains debated. The current set of …

Effects of bilingual language use and language proficiency on 24-month-olds' cognitive control

J Verhagen, E de Bree, S Unsworth - Journal of Cognition and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Although a bilingual advantage has been reported for various measures of cognitive control,
most previous studies have looked at a limited range of cognitive control measures …

Early bilingualism increases the likelihood of taking (and mastering) foreign language courses later in secondary school

MVH Nguyen, A Winsler - Understanding Variability in Second …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Language learning is strongly influenced by early experiences. This chapter explores the
role of bilingualism at school entry in predicting secondary school foreign language (FL) …

Degree of bilingualism and executive function in early childhood

MVH Nguyen, LA Hutchison, G Norvell… - Language and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
This study explores the relationship between executive functioning (EF) and degree of
bilingualism in a sample (N= 79) of 5-to 7-year-old monolingual and bilingual children. The …