The minimum requirements of language control: Evidence from sequential predictability effects in language switching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 377-394

  Declerck, Mathieu ^a   Koch, Iring ^a   Philipp, Andrea M ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; Language control; Language switching; Sequential predictability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINGUISTICS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925615016     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000021     Document Type: Article

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