A Bilingual Advantage in Task Switching

Autor/inn/en	Prior, Anat; MacWhinney, Brian
Titel	A Bilingual Advantage in Task Switching
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 13 (2010) 2, S.253-262 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S1366728909990526
Schlagwörter	Models; Monolingualism; Bilingualism; Cognitive Ability; Comparative Analysis; Task Analysis; College Students; Efficiency; Cognitive Processes; Second Language Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Bilingualismus; Denkfähigkeit; Aufgabenanalyse; Collegestudent; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	This study investigated the possibility that lifelong bilingualism may lead to enhanced efficiency in the ability to shift between mental sets. We compared the performance of monolingual and fluent bilingual college students in a task-switching paradigm. Bilinguals incurred reduced switching costs in the task-switching paradigm when compared with monolinguals, suggesting that lifelong experience in switching between languages may contribute to increased efficiency in the ability to shift flexibly between mental sets. On the other hand, bilinguals did not differ from monolinguals in the differential cost of performing mixed-task as opposed to single-task blocks. Together, these results indicate that bilingual advantages in executive function most likely extend beyond inhibition of competing responses, and encompass flexible mental shifting as well. (As Provided).
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