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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 640-648 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Cognitive Psychology |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Early online date | 26 Jun 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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No evidence for reduced Simon cost in elderly bilinguals and bidialectals. / Kirk, Neil W.; Fiala, Linda; Scott-Brown, Kenneth C.; Kempe, Vera.
In: Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 2014, p. 640-648 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - No evidence for reduced Simon cost in elderly bilinguals and bidialectals
AU - Kirk, Neil W.
AU - Fiala, Linda
AU - Scott-Brown, Kenneth C.
AU - Kempe, Vera
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - We explored whether a bilingual advantage in executive control is associated with differences in cultural and ethnic background associated with the bilinguals’ immigrant status, and whether dialect use in monolinguals can also incur such an advantage. Performance on the Simon task in older non-immigrant (Gaelic-English) and immigrant (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malay, Punjabi, Urdu-English) bilinguals was compared with three groups of older monolingual English speakers, who were either monodialectal users of the same English variety as the bilinguals or were bidialectal users of a local variety of Scots. Results showed no group differences in overall reaction times as well as in the Simon effect thus providing no evidence that an executive control advantage is related to differences in cultural and ethnic background as was found for immigrant compared to non-immigrant bilinguals, nor that executive control may be improved by use of dialect. We suggest the role of interactional contexts and bilingual literacy as potential explanations for inconsistent findings of a bilingual advantage in executive control.
AB - We explored whether a bilingual advantage in executive control is associated with differences in cultural and ethnic background associated with the bilinguals’ immigrant status, and whether dialect use in monolinguals can also incur such an advantage. Performance on the Simon task in older non-immigrant (Gaelic-English) and immigrant (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malay, Punjabi, Urdu-English) bilinguals was compared with three groups of older monolingual English speakers, who were either monodialectal users of the same English variety as the bilinguals or were bidialectal users of a local variety of Scots. Results showed no group differences in overall reaction times as well as in the Simon effect thus providing no evidence that an executive control advantage is related to differences in cultural and ethnic background as was found for immigrant compared to non-immigrant bilinguals, nor that executive control may be improved by use of dialect. We suggest the role of interactional contexts and bilingual literacy as potential explanations for inconsistent findings of a bilingual advantage in executive control.
U2 - 10.1080/20445911.2014.929580
DO - 10.1080/20445911.2014.929580
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 640
EP - 648
JO - Journal of Cognitive Psychology
JF - Journal of Cognitive Psychology
SN - 2044-5911
IS - 6
ER -