Warmington, M.A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4741-2937, Kandru-Pothineni, S. and Hitch, G.J. (2019) Novel-word learning, executive control and working memory: a bilingual advantage. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 22 (4). pp. 763-782. ISSN 1366-7289
Abstract
Studies of the effects of bilingualism on cognition have given results that do not consistently replicate, reflecting at least in part wide differences in criteria for bilingualism and heterogeneity of language combinations within studied samples. We examined the bilingual advantage in attention, working memory and novel-word learning in early sequential Hindi–English bilinguals. We sought to clarify the aspects of cognition that benefit from bilingualism by using multiple measures and a sample sufficiently well-defined to permit independent replication. Bilinguals outperformed monolinguals on response inhibition, novel-word learning and almost all working memory tasks. In contrast, both groups performed comparably on selective attention. Analyses of individual differences showed that bilingual novel-word learning was related to their verbal working memory and ability to inhibit an ongoing action, whereas this was not the case for monolinguals. Results indicate a specific bilingual advantage that is confined to some but not all aspects of cognition.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | attention; bilingualism; executive control; novel-word learning; working memory |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > Department of Human Communication Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2018 12:16 |
Last Modified: | 18 Apr 2024 09:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S136672891800041X |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135397 |