Cognitive Advantage in Bilingualism: An Example of Publication Bias?

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-107

  de Bruin, Angela ^a   Treccani, Barbara ^b   Della Sala, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

bilingualism; executive functions; inhibition; publication bias

Indexed keywords

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTILINGUALISM; PUBLISHING;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84921046610     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614557866     Document Type: Article

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