Maria Paula Maziero, Ariella Fornachari Ribeiro Belan, Marina von Zuben de Arruda Camargo, Marcela Lima Silagi, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Marcia Radanovic
Textual Inference Comprehension in Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Influence of Semantic Processing and Verbal Episodic Memory
Frontiers in aging neuroscience
past research found performance differences monolingual bilingual children domain executive functions ef furthermore recent studies reported advantages processing efficiency mental effort bilingual adults children studies mostly focused investigation cold ef tasks studies including measures hot ef ie tasks operating emotionally significant setting limited hence results inconclusive present study extend previous research investigating performance task hot ef domain behavioral data mental effort via pupillary changes task performance seventythree monolingual bilingual school children mean age 10723 months sd 1026 solved iowa gambling task two different conditions standard task characterized constant gains occasional losses children learn improve decisionmaking behavior reversed task version characterized constant losses occasional gains monolinguals bilinguals learned improve decisionmaking behavior course task versions task children switched choices often losses gains bilinguals switched choices less often monolinguals reversed task indicating slightly mature decisionmaking strategy mental effort differ monolinguals bilinguals conclusions findings bilingual advantage assumption discussed