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Ready, steady, switch! Limited evidence for the role of executive functions in bilingual language control in children
Tekijät: González, Elisabet García; Jylkkä, Jussi; Lehtonen, Minna
Kustantaja: Cambridge University Press
Kustannuspaikka: CAMBRIDGE
Julkaisuvuosi: 2024
Journal: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
Lehden akronyymi: BILING-LANG COGN
Sivujen määrä: 14
ISSN: 1366-7289
eISSN: 1469-1841
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000853
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728924000853
Rinnakkaistallenteen osoite: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/477939980
We investigated the extent to which executive functions (EFs) are recruited in language switching in children in a cued picture-naming (CN) task. We expected to find associations between CN and EF tasks measuring inhibitory control and shifting. Another goal was to compare parent-reported children's everyday language control ability at home with their switching ability in the CN task and EF performance. The participants were mostly 5-7-year-old Norwegian- Spanish and Finnish-Swedish-speaking children (N = 45). The analysis was preregistered. Unexpectedly, the primary accuracy analysis showed positive associations between CN switching costs and EF performance in only one of the EF tests, flanker, and CN mixing costs were predicted only by the color-shape switch costs. Children's everyday language control ability did not show consistent significant associations with lab measures. Our study provides weak evidence for the view that EFs are engaged in language control when children have some years of bilingual experience.
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