Inhibitory processes in visual perception: A bilingual advantage

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 412-419

  Wimmer, Marina C ^a   Marx, Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambiguous figures; Bilingualism; Inhibitory processes; Pictorial representation; Representational development; Reversal

Indexed keywords

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VISION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84904467039     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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