The elusive link between language control and executive control: A case of limited transfer

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 622-645

  Prior, Anat ^a   Gollan, Tamar H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; Language switching; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACILITATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE SWITCHING; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK SWITCHING;

EID: 84884577362     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.821993     Document Type: Article

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