Ellen Bialystok|Raluca Barac|Agnès Blaye|Diane Poulin?Dubois
Word Mapping and Executive Functioning in Young Monolingual and Bilingual Children
York University|York University|Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive|Concordia University
abstract effect bilingualism cognitive skills young children investigated comparing performance 162 children belonged one two age groups approximately 3 45yearolds one three language groups series tasks examining executive control word mapping children monolingual english speakers monolingual french speakers bilinguals spoke english one large number languages monolinguals obtained higher scores bilinguals receptive vocabulary test likely demonstrate mutual exclusivity constraint especially younger ages however bilinguals obtained higher scores groups monolinguals three tests executive functioning lurias tapping task measuring response inhibition opposite worlds task requiring children assign incongruent labels sequence animal pictures reverse categorization children needed reclassify set objects incongruent categories initial classification differences groups attentional networks flanker task requiring executive control ignore misleading cue evidence bilingual advantage aspects executive functioning earlier age previously reported discussed terms possibility bilingual language production may source developmental effects acknowledgements research supported grant 27070401 canadian languages literacy research network diane poulindubois grant r01hd052523 us national institutes health ellen bialystok