Revisiting theoretical and causal explanations for the bilingual advantage in executive functioning

Affiliations

¹ Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom. Electronic address: v.kempe@abertay.ac.uk.
² Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States.

Comment

Vera Kempe et al. Cortex. 2015 Dec.

. 2015 Dec:73:342-4.

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.07.021. Epub 2015 Jul 30.

¹ Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom. Electronic address: v.kempe@abertay.ac.uk.
² Abertay University, Dundee, United Kingdom.
³ College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bilingual advantage; Dialect; Executive functioning; Naming latencies; Switching task.

Comment on

Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances.
Paap KR, Johnson HA, Sawi O. Paap KR, et al. Cortex. 2015 Aug;69:265-78. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.04.014. Epub 2015 May 7. Cortex. 2015. PMID: 26048659