Does the bilingual advantage extend to trilingualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12739123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margrét Dögg Guðmundsdóttir (University of Bradford), Valerie Lesk (0000-0003-0989-9799, University of Bradford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 549-562 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Multilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1479-0718 • E-ISSN: 1747-7530 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14790718.2019.1617717 |
| OpenAlex | W2946348445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 55 |
This study examined whether the proposed bilingual advantage in inhibitory control and working memory can be extended to a trilingual advantage, and assessed any age-related effects on a continuum in young adults to older adults. Trilinguals, bilinguals and monolinguals’ performance on the Simon task and a numerical version of the N-back task was compared. On the Simon task, there was no language group difference observed, although the data show an age-related decline in inhibitory control only in trilinguals, but not in bilinguals or monolinguals. No clear language group differences were observed between trilinguals and bilinguals on the N-back task, however an overall trilingual and bilingual disadvantage, compared to monolinguals, was observed. Together the results suggest that managing two or three languages, compared to just one, may have a negative impact on inhibitory control and working memory performance. Importantly, they highlight the need to control for a possible confounding effect of including trilinguals/multilinguals in bilingual cohorts and to ensure that participants in monolingual cohorts speak only one language
Linguistics · Multilingualism · Language Development and Disorders · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Philosophy · Reading and Literacy Development
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N‐back working memory paradigm
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Cognitive consequences of trilingualism
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 2.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |