Chapter 18. Interactions among speed of processing, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism
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Klara Marton
Abstract
Bilingual children often exhibit superior speed of processing compared to monolingual peers in cognitive control tasks (e.g., Bialystok, 2010). In this chapter, we focus on the interactions among processing speed, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism. Individual differences in speed of processing reflect variation in participants’ skills and in task complexity. The more complex a task, the more cognitive control is involved (Cepeda, Blackwell, & Munakata, 2013). Age also interacts with speed of processing and cognitive control; the same speed of processing task may require more and/or different cognitive control processes at different ages. Furthermore, in bilingual children, speed of processing and cognitive control are associated with different components of their bilingual experience, such as language proficiency and age of acquisition. The cognitive control account (Cohen, 2017) provides a useful framework for studying information processing in bilingual children because it emphasizes the flexibility and adaptation of the cognitive system in response to changing contexts.
Abstract
Bilingual children often exhibit superior speed of processing compared to monolingual peers in cognitive control tasks (e.g., Bialystok, 2010). In this chapter, we focus on the interactions among processing speed, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism. Individual differences in speed of processing reflect variation in participants’ skills and in task complexity. The more complex a task, the more cognitive control is involved (Cepeda, Blackwell, & Munakata, 2013). Age also interacts with speed of processing and cognitive control; the same speed of processing task may require more and/or different cognitive control processes at different ages. Furthermore, in bilingual children, speed of processing and cognitive control are associated with different components of their bilingual experience, such as language proficiency and age of acquisition. The cognitive control account (Cohen, 2017) provides a useful framework for studying information processing in bilingual children because it emphasizes the flexibility and adaptation of the cognitive system in response to changing contexts.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Bilingualism, executive function, and beyond 1
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Part I. Beyond simple relations
- Chapter 2. The signal and the noise 17
- Chapter 3. Variation in language experience shapes the consequences of bilingualism 35
- Chapter 4. Adaptive control and brain plasticity 49
- Chapter 5. Comparing executive functions in monolinguals and bilinguals 67
- Chapter 6. Cooking pasta in La Paz 81
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Part II. Language processing
- Chapter 7. Interference control in bilingual auditory sentence processing in noise 103
- Chapter 8. Investigating grammatical processing in bilinguals 117
- Chapter 9. Referring expressions and executive functions in bilingualism 131
- Chapter 10. Language control and executive control 147
- Chapter 11. Effects of dense code-switching on executive control 161
- Chapter 12. Predicting executive functions in bilinguals using ecologically valid measures of code-switching behavior 181
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Part III. Cognition and bilingualism
- Chapter 13. Research on individual differences in executive functions 209
- Chapter 14. Does performance on executive function tasks correlate? 223
- Chapter 15. Putting together bilingualism and executive function 237
- Chapter 16. What cognitive processes are likely to be exercised by bilingualism and does this exercise lead to extra-linguistic cognitive benefits? 247
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Part IV. Development, aging, and impairment
- Chapter 17. Executive control in bilingual children 265
- Chapter 18. Interactions among speed of processing, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism 281
- Chapter 19. Teasing apart factors influencing executive function performance in bilinguals and monolinguals at different ages 295
- Chapter 20. Proficient bilingualism may alleviate some executive function difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 337
- Chapter 21. Does bilingualism protect against cognitive aging? 355
- Author index 371
- Subject index 375
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Bilingualism, executive function, and beyond 1
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Part I. Beyond simple relations
- Chapter 2. The signal and the noise 17
- Chapter 3. Variation in language experience shapes the consequences of bilingualism 35
- Chapter 4. Adaptive control and brain plasticity 49
- Chapter 5. Comparing executive functions in monolinguals and bilinguals 67
- Chapter 6. Cooking pasta in La Paz 81
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Part II. Language processing
- Chapter 7. Interference control in bilingual auditory sentence processing in noise 103
- Chapter 8. Investigating grammatical processing in bilinguals 117
- Chapter 9. Referring expressions and executive functions in bilingualism 131
- Chapter 10. Language control and executive control 147
- Chapter 11. Effects of dense code-switching on executive control 161
- Chapter 12. Predicting executive functions in bilinguals using ecologically valid measures of code-switching behavior 181
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Part III. Cognition and bilingualism
- Chapter 13. Research on individual differences in executive functions 209
- Chapter 14. Does performance on executive function tasks correlate? 223
- Chapter 15. Putting together bilingualism and executive function 237
- Chapter 16. What cognitive processes are likely to be exercised by bilingualism and does this exercise lead to extra-linguistic cognitive benefits? 247
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Part IV. Development, aging, and impairment
- Chapter 17. Executive control in bilingual children 265
- Chapter 18. Interactions among speed of processing, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism 281
- Chapter 19. Teasing apart factors influencing executive function performance in bilinguals and monolinguals at different ages 295
- Chapter 20. Proficient bilingualism may alleviate some executive function difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 337
- Chapter 21. Does bilingualism protect against cognitive aging? 355
- Author index 371
- Subject index 375