Investigating the Effects of Language-Switching Frequency on Attentional and Executive Functioning in Proficient Bilinguals

Investigating the Effects of Language-Switching Frequency on Attentional and Executive Functioning in Proficient Bilinguals

Recent studies have proposed that the executive advantages associated with bilingualism may stem from language-switching frequency rather than from bilingualism per se (see, for example, Prior and Gollan, 2011). Barbu et al. (2018) showed that high-frequency switchers (HFLSs) outperformed low-freque...

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Main Authors: Cristina-Anca Barbu, Sophie Gillet, Martine Poncelet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
language-switching frequency
bilingualism
attentional and executive functioning
alerting
response inhibition
cognitive flexibility
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01078/full

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