Understanding the consequences of bilingualism for language processing and cognition

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-514

  Kroll, Judith F ^a   Bialystok, Ellen ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Executive function; Language processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BILINGUALISM; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; CONFLICT; INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; READING;

EID: 84884595009     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2013.799170     Document Type: Article

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