Bilingualism and inhibitory control influence statistical learning of novel word forms

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Bartolotti, James ^a   Marian, Viorica ^a   Schroeder, Scott R ^a   Shook, Anthony ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Inhibitory control; Language acquisition; Morse code; Simon task; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867080851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00324     Document Type: Article

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