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ERIC Number: EJ595698
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Cognitive Complexity and Attentional Control in the Bilingual Mind.
Bialystok, Ellen
Child Development, v70 n3 p636-44 May-Jun 1999
Investigated in preschoolers whether the bilingual advantage in cognitive control or selective attention could be found in a nonverbal task, the dimensional change card sort, requiring minimal demands for analysis or representation. Found that bilingual children were more advanced than monolinguals in solving problems requiring high levels of cognitive control or selective attention. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Problem Solving, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Card Sort; Cognitive Complexity; Cognitive Controls; Representational Competence; Representational Thinking; Selective Attention