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ERIC Number: EJ1124463
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Jan
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: EISSN-1467-7687
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Interactions between Levels of Attention Ability and Levels of Bilingualism in Children's Executive Functioning
Sorge, Geoff B.; Toplak, Maggie E.; Bialystok, Ellen
Developmental Science, v20 n1 e12408 Jan 2017
Attention difficulty is associated with poor performance on executive functioning (EF) tasks, yet EF is enhanced in bilingual children. However, no research to date has investigated the possible interaction between bilingualism and attention ability in children to determine the consequences for EF when both are present. We assessed a sample of typically developing children who were 8 to 11 years old for their ability in attention control and level of bilingualism on the basis of questionnaires completed by parents and teachers. Children performed three tasks requiring aspects of EF: stop signal task (inhibition), flanker task (interference control), and frogs matrices task (spatial working memory). Results from hierarchical regressions confirmed that both attention ability and bilingualism contributed to performance on the EF tasks. Where interaction effects were significant, they showed that attention ability was a stronger predictor for an inhibition task, namely stop signal, and bilingualism a stronger predictor for an interference task, namely flanker. Furthermore, these results allow us to discuss the relation between EF and attention ability.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R01HD052523