The relationship between bilingualism and the development of cognitive processes in problem solving

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-85

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a   Majumder, Shilpi ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032220024     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400010584     Document Type: Article

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