Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults

Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults - PMC

Research suggests that being bilingual results in advantages on executive control processes and disadvantages on language tasks relative to monolinguals.

Research suggests that being bilingual results in advantages on executive control processes and disadvantages on language tasks relative to ...

The role of bilingualism in executive functions in healthy older adults

Bilinguals have been claimed to develop superior executive functioning compared to monolinguals due to their continuous experience of controlling two languages.

Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults

Statistical analyses showed significant age-related effects on executive functions: younger adults outperformed older adults in the tasks. Furthermore, early ...

Bilingual interactional contexts predict executive functions in older ...

Sixty-nine healthy older adults (Mage = 70.39 years; ages 60–93) were recruited from local community centers. We found that the dense code- ...

The impact of bilingualism on executive functions and working ...

... adult bilinguals and monolinguals in the tasks that were most ... The impact of bilingualism on executive functions and working memory in young adults.

Executive function and bilingualism in young and older adults

Furthermore, the executive function advantage is thought to be larger in older than younger adults, suggesting that bilingualism may buffer ...

To sum up, studying the relationship between bilingualism and executive functions in older speakers is particularly informative, as better ...

Effects of Bilingualism and Aging on Executive Function and ...

Proportional costs for the young adults were 0.80 and 0.71 for monolinguals and bilinguals, respectively; corresponding costs for older adults were. 1.16 and ...

Bilingualism and age are continuous variables that influence ...

In sum, different levels of bilingualism, and different ages, result in varying degrees of executive function as measured by the Stroop task.

The role of bilingualism in executive functions in healthy older adults

Aims and Objectives: Bilinguals have been claimed to develop superior executive functioning compared to monolinguals due to their continuous experience of ...

Brain gray matter morphometry relates to onset age of bilingualism ...

Lifelong bilingualism may result in neural reserve against decline not only in the general cognitive domain, but also in social cognitive ...

Executive functions are modulated by the context of dual language use

Executive functions are modulated by the context of dual language use: diglossic, bilingual and monolingual older adults - Volume 27 Issue ...

Task switching and bilingualism in young and older adults

However, overall larger target-locked N2 amplitudes were observed in bilinguals relative to monolinguals. In addition, bilingual older adults exhibited smaller ...

The impact of bilingualism on executive function in adolescents

between monolinguals and bilinguals across the lifespan by testing four age groups: children, young adults, middle-aged adults, and older adults. The Simon ...

The Impact of Bilingualism on Executive Functions in Children and ...

Studies on second language learners, multilingual people, and the clinical population were excluded. Fifty-three studies were included in the systematic review.

Effects of bilingualism and aging on executive function and working ...

Two studies are reported in which younger and older monolingual and bilingual adults performed executive function tasks. In Study 1, 130 participants ...

The effect of bilingualism on executive functions when languages ...

In this study, we explored the role of language similarity on memory and EF task by comparing performance of three groups of young adults.

The impact of bilingualism on executive functions and working ...

In this study we explored the potential impact of bilingualism on executive functioning abilities by testing large groups of young adult bilinguals and ...

Different Features of Bilingualism in Relation to Executive Functioning

Collectively, both studies imply that older bilinguals may have improved cognitive control compared to their monolingual counterparts. Taken ...