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The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage

Nele Verreyt (UGent) , Evy Woumans (UGent) , Davy Vandelanotte (UGent) , Arnaud Szmalec (UGent) and Wouter Duyck (UGent)
(2016) BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION. 19(1). p.181-190
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In an ongoing debate, bilingual research currently discusses whether bilingualism enhances non-linguistic executive control. The goal of this study was to investigate the influence of language-switching experience, rather than language proficiency, on this bilingual executive control advantage. We compared the performance of unbalanced bilinguals, balanced non-switching, and balanced switching bilinguals on two executive control tasks, i. e. a flanker and a Simon task. We found that the balanced switching bilinguals outperformed both other groups in terms of executive control performance, whereas the unbalanced and balanced non-switching bilinguals did not differ. These findings indicate that language-switching experience, rather than high second-language proficiency, is the key determinant of the bilingual advantage in cognitive control processes related to interference resolution.
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cognitive control, second language proficiency, INTERFERENCE, language switching, bilingualism, COGNITIVE CONTROL, WORKING-MEMORY, SIMON TASK, ENGLISH BILINGUALS, CHILDREN

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Verreyt, Nele, et al. “The Influence of Language Switching Experience on the Bilingual Executive Control Advantage.” BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION, vol. 19, no. 1, 2016, pp. 181–90, doi:10.1017/S1366728914000352.
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Verreyt, N., Woumans, E., Vandelanotte, D., Szmalec, A., & Duyck, W. (2016). The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage. BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION, 19(1), 181–190. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000352
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Verreyt, Nele, Evy Woumans, Davy Vandelanotte, Arnaud Szmalec, and Wouter Duyck. 2016. “The Influence of Language Switching Experience on the Bilingual Executive Control Advantage.” BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION 19 (1): 181–90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000352.
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Verreyt, Nele, Evy Woumans, Davy Vandelanotte, Arnaud Szmalec, and Wouter Duyck. 2016. “The Influence of Language Switching Experience on the Bilingual Executive Control Advantage.” BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION 19 (1): 181–190. doi:10.1017/S1366728914000352.
Vancouver
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Verreyt N, Woumans E, Vandelanotte D, Szmalec A, Duyck W. The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage. BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION. 2016;19(1):181–90.
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N. Verreyt, E. Woumans, D. Vandelanotte, A. Szmalec, and W. Duyck, “The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage,” BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 181–190, 2016.
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  journal      = {{BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION}},
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  pages        = {{181--190}},
  title        = {{The influence of language switching experience on the bilingual executive control advantage}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000352}},
  volume       = {{19}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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