Language dominance and inhibition abilities in bilingual older adults

Bilingualism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-89

  Goral, Mira ^a   Campanelli, Luca ^b   Spiro, Avron ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bilingual; Dominant; Inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914133422     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728913000126     Document Type: Article

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