There is no coherent evidence for a bilingual advantage in executive processing

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 232-258

  Paap, Kenneth R ^a   Greenberg, Zachary I ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual advantage; Cognitive control; Executive processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84873847169     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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