Bilingualism as a model for multitasking

Developmental Review

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-124

  Poarch, Gregory J ^a   Bialystok, Ellen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Bilingualism; Dual task performance; Executive functions; Inhibition; Monitoring; Multitasking; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925253332     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2014.12.003     Document Type: Review

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