Interference suppression vs. response inhibition: An explanation for the absence of a bilingual advantage in preschoolers' Stroop task performance

Cognitive Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 354-363

  Esposito, Alena G ^a   Baker Ward, Lynne ^a   Mueller, Shane T ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual advantage; Executive function; Inhibition; Interference suppression; Preschool; Stroop

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888064946     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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