A Bilingual Advantage? An Appeal for a Change in Perspective and Recommendations for Future Research
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Bilingual Advantage
3. How is Non-Verbal Cognitive Processing Measured in Experimental Research?
4. Selected Research Findings Across the Life Span
5. Neural Differences
6. Research Summary
7. Cognitive Advantages in Real Life
8. Recommendation for the Research Field
- (1)
- Longitudinal studies
- (2)
- The nature of executive function tasks
- (3)
- The content and procedure of executive function tasks
- (4)
- Move away from group designs
- (5)
- Underpowered research and statistical significance
- (6)
- Cognitive real-life benefits of bilingualism
9. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Poarch GJ, Krott A. A Bilingual Advantage? An Appeal for a Change in Perspective and Recommendations for Future Research. Behavioral Sciences. 2019; 9(9):95. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9090095
Chicago/Turabian StylePoarch, Gregory J., and Andrea Krott. 2019. "A Bilingual Advantage? An Appeal for a Change in Perspective and Recommendations for Future Research" Behavioral Sciences 9, no. 9: 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9090095
APA StylePoarch, G. J., & Krott, A. (2019). A Bilingual Advantage? An Appeal for a Change in Perspective and Recommendations for Future Research. Behavioral Sciences, 9(9), 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9090095