Author index

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Chapter 1. Bilingualism, executive function, and beyond 1
4. Part I. Beyond simple relations
5. Chapter 2. The signal and the noise 17
6. Chapter 3. Variation in language experience shapes the consequences of bilingualism 35
7. Chapter 4. Adaptive control and brain plasticity 49
8. Chapter 5. Comparing executive functions in monolinguals and bilinguals 67
9. Chapter 6. Cooking pasta in La Paz 81
10. Part II. Language processing
11. Chapter 7. Interference control in bilingual auditory sentence processing in noise 103
12. Chapter 8. Investigating grammatical processing in bilinguals 117
13. Chapter 9. Referring expressions and executive functions in bilingualism 131
14. Chapter 10. Language control and executive control 147
15. Chapter 11. Effects of dense code-switching on executive control 161
16. Chapter 12. Predicting executive functions in bilinguals using ecologically valid measures of code-switching behavior 181
17. Part III. Cognition and bilingualism
18. Chapter 13. Research on individual differences in executive functions 209
19. Chapter 14. Does performance on executive function tasks correlate? 223
20. Chapter 15. Putting together bilingualism and executive function 237
21. Chapter 16. What cognitive processes are likely to be exercised by bilingualism and does this exercise lead to extra-linguistic cognitive benefits? 247
22. Part IV. Development, aging, and impairment
23. Chapter 17. Executive control in bilingual children 265
24. Chapter 18. Interactions among speed of processing, cognitive control, age, and bilingualism 281
25. Chapter 19. Teasing apart factors influencing executive function performance in bilinguals and monolinguals at different ages 295
26. Chapter 20. Proficient bilingualism may alleviate some executive function difficulties in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 337
27. Chapter 21. Does bilingualism protect against cognitive aging? 355
28. Author index 371
29. Subject index 375