Inhibitory control predicts language switching performance in trilingual speech production

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 651-662

  Linck, Jared A ^a   Schwieter, John W ^b   Sunderman, Gretchen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

executive functions; inhibitory control; language switching; trilingualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861873801     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136672891100054X     Document Type: Article

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