Individual differences in control of language interference in late bilinguals are mainly related to general executive abilities

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent research based on comparisons between bilinguals and monolinguals postulates that bilingualism enhances cognitive control functions, because the parallel activation of languages necessitates control of interference. In a novel...

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Main Authors: Münte Thomas F, Rodriguez-Fornells Antoni, Festman Julia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Behavioral and Brain Functions
Online Access:http://www.behavioralandbrainfunctions.com/content/6/1/5

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