Abstract:Bilingualism’s role in Executive Function (EF) improvement has generated significant discussion but few conclusive results. Researchers have drawn an artificial dichotomy between monolinguals and bilinguals. Studies primarily include young adults with ceiling performances and use very few tasks, failing to capture EF complexity. To assess the effects of emerging bilingualism on cognitive control, we employed a longitudinal design, evaluating the influence of seven months of L2 learning in preschool children. W… Show more
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