The effects of bilingualism on conflict monitoring, cognitive control, and garden-path recovery

Cognition

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 213-231

  Teubner Rhodes, Susan E ^a   Mishler, Alan ^a   Corbett, Ryan ^a   Andreu, Llorenç ^b   Sanz Torrent, Monica ^c   Trueswell, John C ^d   Novick, Jared M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; Memory; Sentence comprehension; Stimulus ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; COMPREHENSION; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONFLICT MONITORING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; N-BACK TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CONFLICT; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958969789     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2016.02.011     Document Type: Article

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