A bilingual advantage in task switching

Bilingualism

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 253-262

  Prior, Anat ^a   Macwhinney, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953618203     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728909990526     Document Type: Article

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