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Relationship between language switching experience and executive functions in bilinguals: an Internet-based study
Tekijät: Jylkkä J, Soveri A, Wahlström J, Lehtonen M, Rodríguez-Fornells A, Laine M
Kustantaja: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Julkaisuvuosi: 2017
Lehti: Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Lehden akronyymi: J COGN PSYCHOL
Vuosikerta: 29
Numero: 4
Aloitussivu: 404
Lopetussivu: 419
Sivujen määrä: 16
ISSN: 2044-5911
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2017.1282489
Tiivistelmä
We examined the relationship between self-reported everyday language switching experience and the performance of early bilinguals in tasks measuring different executive functions. Our participants were Finnish-Swedish early bilinguals, aged 16-41 years (N=66, Experiment 1) and 18-69 years (N=111, Experiment 2). An earlier study using a sample from a similar population discovered a negative relationship between self-reported language switching and a mixing cost in error rates in a number-letter task. This finding was not replicated. Instead, we found that a higher rate of reported contextual language switching predicted larger switching cost reaction times in the number-letter task, and that a higher rate of reported unintended language switches predicted larger error rates in a spatial n-back task. We conclude that these results likely reflect individual differences in executive skills, and do not provide evidence for the hypothesis that language switching trains executive functions.
We examined the relationship between self-reported everyday language switching experience and the performance of early bilinguals in tasks measuring different executive functions. Our participants were Finnish-Swedish early bilinguals, aged 16-41 years (N=66, Experiment 1) and 18-69 years (N=111, Experiment 2). An earlier study using a sample from a similar population discovered a negative relationship between self-reported language switching and a mixing cost in error rates in a number-letter task. This finding was not replicated. Instead, we found that a higher rate of reported contextual language switching predicted larger switching cost reaction times in the number-letter task, and that a higher rate of reported unintended language switches predicted larger error rates in a spatial n-back task. We conclude that these results likely reflect individual differences in executive skills, and do not provide evidence for the hypothesis that language switching trains executive functions.
Avainsanat:
bilingualism, Bilingual Switching Questionnaire, language switching
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