The importance of bilingual experience in assessing bilingual advantages in executive functions
Paap, Johnson, and Sawi (2015) contend that bilingual advantages in executive functions (EF) do not exist, and that there is no compelling evidence that a certain bilingual experience hones a specific component of EF (p. 272). We believe that this conclusion is premature, because Paap et al.'s...
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Main Authors: | YANG, Hwajin, HARTANTO, Andree, YANG, Sujin |
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