Many studies have shown that bilingual children outperform monolinguals on tasks testing
executive functioning, but other studies have not revealed any effect of bilingualism. In this …

The influence of second language proficiency and length of formal training in interpretation
on simultaneous interpreting (SI) performance and working memory was examined in …

In order to build complex language from perceptual input, children must have access to a
powerful information processing system that can analyze, store, and use regularities in the …

Aims and Objectives: The purpose of the study was to disentangle the effects of
simultaneous interpreting experience and training on working memory, to examine the effect …

The present study introduces systematic data on the cognitive and linguistic abilities of
refugee children. We tested 9–10 year-old Syrian refugee children (N= 25) on their cognitive …

This chapter discusses the interactions between two of the most important human cognitive
functions: memory and language. First, the concept of working memory is introduced, along …

Aims and objectives: This study examines whether different types of bilingualism modulate
memory capacity differently. More specifically, the study assesses the effects of age of …

The present study investigated whether working memory (WM) training enhances
morphosyntactic processing in the second language (L2). L2 learners of Spanish in the …

Aims and objectives: The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of age of
acquisition on verbal working memory (WM) in bilinguals. In light of previous studies that …

The goal of the present study was to examine if internationally adopted (IA) children from
China (M= 10; 8) adopted by French-speaking families exhibit lags in verbal memory in …