Attentional inhibition in bilingual naming performance: Evidence from delta-plot analyses

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2011, Pages

  Roelofs, Ardi ^a   Piai, Vitória ^a   Rodriguez, Gabriela Garrido ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Bilingualism; Delta plots; Inhibition; Naming; Response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867090110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00184     Document Type: Article

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