No evidence for bilingual cognitive advantages: A test of four hypotheses

The question whether being bilingual yields cognitive benefits is highly controversial with prior studies providing inconsistent results. Failures to replicate the bilingual advantage have been attributed to methodological factors such as comparing dichotomous groups and measuring cognitive abilitie...

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Published in:	Journal of experimental psychology. General Vol. 145; no. 2; p. 246
Main Authors:	von Bastian, Claudia C, Souza, Alessandra S, Gade, Miriam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.02.2016
Subjects:	Adult Aptitude - physiology Cognition - physiology Executive Function - physiology Female Humans Male Multilingualism Young Adult
ISSN:	1939-2222, 1939-2222
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