Dual mechanisms of cognitive control in bilinguals and monolinguals

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 531-546

  Morales, Julia ^a   Gómez Ariza, Carlos J ^b   Bajo, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; Inhibition; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; ERROR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84884591624     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.807812     Document Type: Article

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