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