The relationship between language proficiency and attentional control in Cantonese-English bilingual children: Evidence from Simon, Simon switching, and working memory tasks

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Tse, Chi Shing ^a   Altarriba, Jeanette ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Bilingualism; Conflict resolution; Goal maintenance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906342787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00954     Document Type: Article

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