The complex nature of bilinguals' language usage modulates task-switching outcomes

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Hwajin ^a   Hartanto, Andree ^a   Yang, Sujin ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Mixing costs; Shifting EF; Switch costs; Task switching; The adaptive control hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974653322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00560     Document Type: Review

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