Language proficiency and executive control in proactive interference: Evidence from monolingual and bilingual children and adults

Brain and Language

Volumn 109, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 93-100

  Bialystok, Ellen ^a   Feng, Xiaojia ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Executive function; Memory; Proactive interference; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MULTILINGUALISM; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 65149098962     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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