Bilingualism and the development of executive control - Tanner, Gaja
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For several decades, researchers have been investigating whether bilinguals and monolinguals differ in their linguistic and cognitive abilities. About 50 years ago, it was believed that exposing children to more than one language was dangerous. However, recent studies show that bilingual children have advantages in cognitive development over monolingual children. Among other things, bilingual children outperform monolingual children in executive control tasks. This study investigated the extent to which the linguistic similarity of the two languages spoken by a bilingual child influences executive control.…mehr

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For several decades, researchers have been investigating whether bilinguals and monolinguals differ in their linguistic and cognitive abilities. About 50 years ago, it was believed that exposing children to more than one language was dangerous. However, recent studies show that bilingual children have advantages in cognitive development over monolingual children. Among other things, bilingual children outperform monolingual children in executive control tasks. This study investigated the extent to which the linguistic similarity of the two languages spoken by a bilingual child influences executive control.
Autorenporträt
M.Sc. Gaja Tanner, born in Prague in 1987. Completed her bachelor's degree at the University of Teacher Education St. Gallen in 2010. Completed her master's degree in psychology and education at the University of Zurich in 2016. Has been working as a school psychologist since 2016.