Language and task switching in Polish-English bilinguals

Psychology of Language and Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-36

  Klecha, Anna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Executive control; Language switching; Task mixing; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888369812     PISSN: 12342238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/plc-2013-0002     Document Type: Article

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