The inhibitory advantage in bilingual children revisited: Myth or reality?

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 234-251

  Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni ^a   Hernández, Juan Andrés ^b   Antón, Eneko ^a   Macizo, Pedro ^c   Estévez, Adelina ^b   Fuentes, Luis J ^d   Carreiras, Manuel ^a,e,f  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilingual advantage; Executive control; Inhibitory skills; Stroop effects

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BILINGUAL ADVANTAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INHIBITORY SKILLS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

BILINGUAL ADVANTAGE; EXECUTIVE CONTROL; INHIBITORY SKILLS; STROOP EFFECTS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84899671876     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: 21905142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000243     Document Type: Article

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