No evidence for reduced Simon cost in elderly bilinguals and bidialectals

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 640-648

  Kirk, Neil W ^a   Fiala, Linda ^a   Scott Brown, Kenneth C ^a   Kempe, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bidialectism; Bilingualism; Inhibitory control; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIDIALECTISM; BILINGUALISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; READING; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84906939291     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.929580     Document Type: Article

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