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

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

The relation between bilingualism and cognition is informative about the connection
between language and mind. From the perspective of language, the question is how …

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 present article on executive control addresses the issue of the locus of the Stroop effect
by examining neurophysiological components marking conflict monitoring, interference …

Bilingualism has been argued to benefit executive functioning. However, recent research
suggests that this advantage may stem from uncontrolled factors or incorrectly matched …

The protective effects of multiple language knowledge on the maintenance of cognitive
functions in older adults have been discussed controversially, among others, because of …

We analyzed the effects of bilingualism and age on executive function. We examined these
variables along a continuum, as opposed to dichotomizing them. We investigated the impact …

Bilingualism may modulate executive functions (EFs), but the mechanisms underlying this
phenomenon are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated two potential sources of …

By administering Simon, Simon switching, and operation-span working memory tasks to
Cantonese-English bilingual children who varied in their first-language (L1, Cantonese) and …