Should the search for bilingual advantages in executive functioning continue?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: kenp@sfsu.edu.
² Department of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA. Electronic address: haj@mail.sfsu.edu.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Electronic address: oliver.sawi@uconn.edu.

Comment

Kenneth R Paap et al. Cortex. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan:74:305-14.

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.09.010. Epub 2015 Oct 19.

¹ Department of Psychology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: kenp@sfsu.edu.
² Department of Psychology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA. Electronic address: haj@mail.sfsu.edu.
³ Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Electronic address: oliver.sawi@uconn.edu.

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Keywords: Bilingual advantage; Cognitive control; Executive functions; Replication; Sample size.

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