Recently, doubts were raised about the existence of the bilingual advantage in cognitive
control. The aim of the present review was to investigate the bilingual advantage and its …

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

A contentious issue in contemporary psycholinguistics is whether bilingualism enhances
executive functions. Here, we report a meta-analysis of 80 studies (253 effect sizes) …

Numerous studies have argued that bilingualism has effects on cognitive functions.
Recently, in light of increasingly mixed empirical results, this claim has been challenged …

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 …

The bilingual advantage hypothesis contends that the management of two languages in the
brain is carried out through domain‐general mechanisms, and that bilinguals possess a …

Is bilingualism better than monolingualism? Previous work shows that bilinguals have an
advantage over monolinguals in cognitive flexibility, the ability to shift between different …

Despite a growing number of studies on bilingual advantages in executive functions (EF),
their findings have been inconsistent. To shed light on this issue, we aimed to address both …

Between-group variability in socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as a potentially
important contributory factor in studies reporting cognitive advantages in bilinguals over …

Social interaction is closely associated with both functional capacity and well-being.
Previous research has not only revealed evidence of social dysfunction in individuals with a …