Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach

Switching between tasks is essential in daily function. The current study investigated the life-span development of cognitive flexibility in Singaporean English-Chinese bilinguals. Task switching involves maintaining and updating information, integrating task sets, suppressing previously active task...

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Main Author: Low, Joel Jia Wei
Other Authors: Qu Li
Format: Student Research Poster
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-938402020-09-27T20:29:20Z Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach Low, Joel Jia Wei Qu Li School of Humanities and Social Sciences Task switching Switch cost Switching between tasks is essential in daily function. The current study investigated the life-span development of cognitive flexibility in Singaporean English-Chinese bilinguals. Task switching involves maintaining and updating information, integrating task sets, suppressing previously active task sets, and disinhibiting previously suppressed task sets. [3rd Award]-[Peer Assessment Review] 2013-01-31T07:03:59Z 2019-12-06T18:46:29Z 2013-01-31T07:03:59Z 2019-12-06T18:46:29Z 2010 2010 Student Research Poster Low, J. J. W. (2010, March). Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals: a life-span approach. Presented at Discover URECA @ NTU poster exhibition and competition, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93840 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9021 en © 2010 The Author(s). application/pdf
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Low, Joel Jia Wei
Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
description Switching between tasks is essential in daily function. The current study investigated the life-span development of cognitive flexibility in Singaporean English-Chinese bilinguals. Task switching involves maintaining and updating information, integrating task sets, suppressing previously active task sets, and disinhibiting previously suppressed task sets. [3rd Award]-[Peer Assessment Review]
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title Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
title_short Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
title_full Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
title_fullStr Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
title_full_unstemmed Task switching in English-Chinese bilinguals : a life-span approach
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