The role of componential analysis, categorical hypothesising, replicability and confirmation bias in testing for bilingual advantages in executive functioning

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-255

  Paap, Kenneth R ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual advantage; Confirmation bias; Executive function; Replication; Switching

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BILINGUALISM; CATEGORICAL HYPOTHESIS; COGNITION; COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS; CONFIRMATION BIAS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; CATEGORICAL HYPOTHESISING; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; REPLICABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84897577582     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.891597     Document Type: Review

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