Bilingualism Narrows Socioeconomic Disparities in Executive Functions and Self-Regulatory Behaviors During Early Childhood: Evidence From the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study

Child Development

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 1215-1235

  Hartanto, Andree ^a   Toh, Wei X ^a   Yang, Hwajin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILINGUALISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKING MEMORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MULTILINGUALISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL CLASS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85040230448     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13032     Document Type: Article

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