Differential effects of bilingualism and culture on early attention: a longitudinal study in the U.S., Argentina, and Vietnam

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tran, Crystal D ^a   Arredondo, Maria M ^b   Yoshida, Hanako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention Network Test; attentional control; attentional processes; bilingual; bilingual advantage; cross cultural comparison; longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982123043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00795     Document Type: Article

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