Bilingualism, aging, and cognitive control: Evidence from the Simon task

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 290-303

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a   Klein, Raymond ^b   Craik, Fergus I M ^c   Viswanathan, Mythili ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 2642576670     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.19.2.290     Document Type: Article

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