Tracing the bilingual advantage in cognitive control: The role of flexibility in temporal preparation and category switching

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 586-604

  Marzecová, Anna ^a   Bukowski, Marcin ^b   Correa, Ángel ^c   Boros, Marianna ^b   Lupiáñez, Juan ^c   Wodniecka, Zofia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive flexibility; Sequential effects; Social categorisation; Switching; Temporal preparation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BILINGUALISM; ERROR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGARY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; COGNITION; NEUROBIOLOGY; SOCIAL COGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84884594303     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.809348     Document Type: Article

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