Anat Prior|Tamar H. Gollan
Good Language-Switchers are Good Task-Switchers: Evidence from Spanish–English and Mandarin–English Bilinguals
University of Haifa|University of California, San Diego
bilingual advantages executive control tasks well documented yet clear degree type bilingualism leads advantages investigate issue compared performance two bilingual groups monolingual speakers taskswitching languageswitching paradigms spanishenglish bilinguals reported switching languages frequently daily life exhibited smaller taskswitching costs monolinguals controlling betweengroup differences speed parent education level contrast mandarinenglish bilinguals reported switching languages less frequently spanishenglish bilinguals exhibit taskswitching advantage relative monolinguals comparing two bilingual groups languageswitching spanishenglish bilinguals exhibited smaller costs mandarinenglish bilinguals even matching fluency nondominant language results demonstrate explicit link languageswitching bilingual advantages taskswitching also illustrating limitations bilingual advantages