How does bilingualism modify cognitive function? Attention to the mechanism

E Bialystok, FIM Craik - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Bilingualism: Pathway to cognitive reserve

E Bialystok - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Cognitive reserve is characterized by a dissociation between cognitive level and brain
structure, thereby reducing the impact of deteriorating brain structure on cognitive function …

[图书][B] Kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit: Grundlagen-Störungen-Diagnostik

S Chilla, M Rothweiler, E Babur - 2022 - books.google.com
Immer mehr Kinder wachsen" lebensweltlich zweisprachig" auf. Dieses Buch bietet eine
Einführung in die kindliche Mehrsprachigkeit. Ein Schwerpunkt liegt auf der Symptomatik …

Bilingualism as a slice of Swiss cheese

E Bialystok - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the global population, an intense discussion began
about how best to contain the spread of the deadly virus. Debates ensued about whether …

Multilingualism is associated with small task-specific advantages in cognitive performance of older adults

P Achaa-Amankwaa, E Kushnereva, H Miksch… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The protective effects of multiple language knowledge on the maintenance of cognitive
functions in older adults have been discussed controversially, among others, because of …

Clear theories are needed to interpret differences: Perspectives on the bilingual advantage debate

A de Bruin, AS Dick, M Carreiras - Neurobiology of Language, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
The heated debate regarding bilingual cognitive advantages remains ongoing. While there
are many studies supporting positive cognitive effects of bilingualism, recent meta-analyses …

Bilingual children outperform monolingual children on executive function tasks far more often than chance: An updated quantitative analysis

A Yurtsever, JAE Anderson, JG Grundy - Developmental Review, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing debate regarding the effects of bilingualism on executive functions warrants a
deeper investigation into sample characteristics, and the likelihood of performance …

[HTML][HTML] Functional neural architecture of cognitive control mediates the relationship between individual differences in bilingual experience and behaviour

F Carter, V DeLuca, K Segaert, A Mazaheri, A Krott - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Bilinguals have often, but not always, been found to outperform monolinguals on domain-
general attentional control. Inconsistent findings have been argued to stem, at least partly …

Riding the (brain) waves! Using neural oscillations to inform bilingualism research

E Rossi, SMP Soares, Y Prystauka… - Bilingualism …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The study of the brains' oscillatory activity has been a standard technique to gain insights
into human neurocognition for a relatively long time. However, as a complementary analysis …

Bilingualism contributes to reserve and working memory efficiency: Evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging

JAE Anderson, JG Grundy, CL Grady, FIM Craik… - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
This study compared brain and behavioral outcomes for monolingual and bilingual older
adults who reported no cognitive or memory problems on three types of memory that …