Bilingual Advantages in Executive Functioning: Evidence from a Low-Income Sample

Autor/inn/en	Grote, Kandice S.; Scott, Rose M.; Gilger, Jeffrey
Titel	Bilingual Advantages in Executive Functioning: Evidence from a Low-Income Sample
Quelle	In: First Language, 41 (2021) 6, S.677-700 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Grote, Kandice S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/01427237211024220
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; Executive Function; Short Term Memory; Inhibition; Attention Control; Low Income Groups; Preschool Children; Spanish Speaking; English; Visual Perception; Spatial Ability; Urban Schools; Disadvantaged Youth; Monolingualism; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Hemmung; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; English language; Englisch; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher
Abstract	Recent research suggests that bilinguals might exhibit advantages in several areas of executive function, including working memory, inhibitory control, and attentional control. However, few studies have examined potential bilingual advantages within lower socioeconomic status (SES) populations. Here we addressed this gap in the literature by investigating whether low-SES Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers exhibited advantages in executive function relative to two monolingual control groups (English, Spanish). Across three experiments, bilingual children exhibited superior performance on two different measures of visual-spatial memory, as well as measures of inhibitory and attentional control. These results suggest that bilinguals exhibit broad advantages in executive function during the preschool years, and these advantages are evident within a disadvantaged, low-SES population. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01