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Working memory in multilingual children: Is there a bilingual effect?

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Engel de Abreu, Pascale M. J.·2011·Memory
DOI 10.1080/09658211.2011.590504
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This research investigates whether early childhood bilingualism affects working memory performance in 6- to 8-year-olds, followed over a longitudinal period of 3 years. The study tests the hypothesis that bilinguals might exhibit more efficient working memory abilities than monolinguals, potentially via the opportunity a bilingual environment provides to train cognitive control by combating interference and intrusions from the non-target language. A total of 44 bilingual and monolingual children, matched on age, sex, and socioeconomic status, completed assessments of working memory (simple span and complex span tasks), fluid intelligence, and language (vocabulary and syntax). The data showed that the monolinguals performed significantly better on the language measures across the years, whereas no language group effect emerged on the working memory and fluid intelligence tasks after verbal abilities were considered. The study suggests that the need to manage several language systems in the bilingual mind has an impact on children's language skills while having little effects on the development of working memory.

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Authors
Engel de Abreu, P. M. J.
Affiliations
EMACS Research Unit, University of Luxembourg
Venue
Memory
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2011-07
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
529-537
ISSN
  • 0965-8211 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0686
DOI
10.1080/09658211.2011.590504
OpenAlex
W2076497554
Cited by
200
References
60
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 27 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 3
FWCI
11.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Memory (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Université du Luxembourg
  • Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg
  • Economic and Social Research Council
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Keywords
working memory, bilingualism, early childhood bilingualism, multilingual children, cognitive control, fluid intelligence, language development, vocabulary, syntax, complex span, bilingual advantage, longitudinal development
MeSH terms
Age Factors, Child, Child Language, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Intelligence Tests, Language Tests, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Multilingualism

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