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] Stability, change, and reliable individual differences in electroencephalography measures: a lifespan perspective on progress and opportunities

KL Lopez, AD Monachino, KM Vincent, FC Peck… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Electroencephalographic (EEG) methods have great potential to serve both basic and
clinical science approaches to understand individual differences in human neural function …

On the phantom-like appearance of bilingualism effects on neurocognition:(How) should we proceed?

E Leivada, M Westergaard, JA Duñabeitia… - Bilingualism …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Numerous studies have argued that bilingualism has effects on cognitive functions.
Recently, in light of increasingly mixed empirical results, this claim has been challenged …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of exergaming versus combined exercise on cognitive function and brain activation in frail older adults: A randomised controlled trial

YY Liao, IH Chen, WC Hsu, HY Tseng… - Annals of Physical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive impairment is prevalent among frail older adults. Traditional exercise
and exergaming positively affect cognition in healthy older people. However, few studies …

Suboptimal phenotypic reliability impedes reproducible human neuroscience

A Nikolaidis, AA Chen, X He, R Shinohara… - BioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Paragraph Biomarkers of behavior and psychiatric illness for cognitive and clinical
neuroscience remain out of reach–. Suboptimal reliability of biological measurements, such …

The relationship between bilingual language use and executive functions

M Lehtonen, V Fyndanis, J Jylkkä - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
There is continuing debate over whether bilingualism can confer advantages in other areas
of cognition. Bilingual language behaviours, such as switching between languages, are …

Effects of exergaming-based Tai Chi on cognitive function and dual-task gait performance in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized control trial

CL Liu, FY Cheng, MJ Wei, YY Liao - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Declined cognitive function interferes with dual-task walking ability and may
result in falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The mind-body exercise …

Reliability and validity of composite scores from the timed subtests of the D-KEFS battery.

Y Suchy, SL Brothers - Psychological Assessment, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Many neuropsychological tests of executive functioning (EF) have test–retest reliabilities
below what is considered acceptable. Combining several tests into a composite can improve …

Individual differences in executive function affect learning with immersive virtual reality

AP Lawson, RE Mayer - Journal of Computer Assisted …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Immersive virtual reality (IVR) is a new technology that could motivate learners,
but also could contain distracting elements that increase cognitive demands on learners. In …

The early effects of external and internal strategies on working memory updating training

M Laine, D Fellman, O Waris, TJ Nyman - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The mechanisms underlying working memory training remain unclear, but one possibility is
that the typically limited transfer effects of this training reflect adoption of successful task …