The source of enhanced cognitive control in bilinguals: Evidence from bimodal bilinguals

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1201-1206

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Luk, Gigi ^b   Pyers, Jennie E ^c   Bialystok, Ellen ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 57649245310     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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