Abstract
This study attempts to tease apart a variety of factors that may contribute to performance on executive function tasks. Data from the Simon task are re-examined to determine the contributions of age, SES, language proficiency/vocabulary, general cognitive performance, and bilingualism on performance. The results suggest influence from a variety of factors, with major contributions from relative age and from language proficiency, as measured by vocabulary. Bilingualism showed some effect in relation to older adults' accuracy of performance, in both congruent and incongruent conditions, but not to reaction time. Copyright © 2019 John Benjamins Publishing Company.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Bilingualism, executive function, and beyond: Questions and insights |
| Editors | Irina A. SEKERINA, Lauren SPRADLIN, Virginia VALIAN |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Pages | 295-336 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027262745 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027202420 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Citation
Gathercole, V. C. M., Thomas, E. M., Viñas-Guasch, N., Kennedy, I., Prys, C., Young, N., . . . Jones, L. (2019). Teasing apart factors influencing executive function performance in bilinguals and monolinguals at different ages. In I. A. Sekerina, L. Spradlin, & V. Valian (Eds.), Bilingualism, executive function, and beyond: Questions and insights (pp. 295-336). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.Keywords
- Bilingual advantage
- Simon task
- Executive function