Are bilingual children better at ignoring perceptually misleading information? A novel test

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 956-964

  Goldman, Meghan C ^a   Negen, James ^a   Sarnecka, Barbara W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILINGUALISM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTILINGUALISM; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84931830820     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12175     Document Type: Article

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