1. Skills of Cognitive Flexibility in Monolingual and Bilingual Younger Adults.
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Seçer, Ilmiye
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COGNITIVE ability ,YOUNG adults ,BILINGUALISM ,COGNITION ,COGNITIVE Abilities Test ,COGNITIVE structures ,ATTENTION ,LEARNING ,NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,MULTILINGUALISM ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,PSYCHOMETRICS ,REACTION time ,EXECUTIVE function - Abstract
The current study examined skills of cognitive flexibility and sustained attention in late bilingual and monolingual younger adults. One-hundred and sixty two younger adults aged between 18 and 34 years old (M = 22.39) classified as Turkish-English late bilinguals (N = 74) and Turkish monolinguals (N = 88) completed the Trail Making Test (TMT-A and TMT-B). Results from this study showed that Turkish-English late bilinguals had shorter RTs than Turkish monolinguals on the TMT-B, however there were no significant RT differences between the groups on the TMT-A. These findings indicate that bilingualism impacts upon skills of cognitive flexibility but not sustained attention and that the amount of practice in coordinating, monitoring, and switching between languages is an important determinant of cognitive improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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