Associations between bilingualism and memory generalization during infancy

Does socioeconomic status matter

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21697385
AutoresNatalie Brito (0000-0003-1016-0094, New York University, autor de correspondencia), Ashley Greaves (New York University), Ana Leon-Santos (Columbia University), William P Fifer (0000-0002-6936-9303, Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Kimberly G Noble (0000-0003-1496-5113, Columbia University)
Año2021
Volumen24
Número2
Páginas231-240
Fecha de publicación2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1366728920000334
PMID33776545
OpenAlexW3028344277
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas77

Past studies have reported memory differences between monolingual and bilingual infants (Brito & Barr, 2012; Singh, Fu, Rahman, Hameed, Sanmugam, Agarwal, Jiang, Chong, Meaney & Rifkin-Graboi, 2015). A common critique within the bilingualism literature is the absence of socioeconomic indicators and/or a lack of socioeconomic diversity among participants. Previous research has demonstrated robust bilingual differences in memory generalization from 6- to 24-months of age. The goal of the current study was to examine if these findings would replicate in a sample of 18-month-old monolingual and bilingual infants from a range of socioeconomic backgrounds (N = 92). Results indicate no differences between language groups on working memory or cued recall, but significant differences for memory generalization, with bilingual infants outperforming monolingual infants regardless of socioeconomic status (SES). These findings replicate and extend results from past studies (Brito & Barr, 2012; Brito, Sebastián-Gallés & Barr, 2015) and suggest possible differential learning patterns dependent on linguistic experience

Developmental psychology · Generalization · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development