Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate

Published: November 11 2021

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Autores: de Bruin, Angela, Dick, Anthony Steven, Carreiras, Manuel
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Recursos:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palavra-chave:bilingual advantage
executive control
bilingualism
inhibition
language control
brain plasticity
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spelling Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debatede Bruin, AngelaDick, Anthony StevenCarreiras, Manuelbilingual advantageexecutive controlbilingualisminhibitionlanguage controlbrain plasticityPublished: November 11 2021The heated debate regarding bilingual cognitive advantages remains ongoing. While there are many studies supporting positive cognitive effects of bilingualism, recent meta-analyses have concluded that there is no consistent evidence for a bilingual advantage. In this article we focus on several theoretical concerns. First, we discuss changes in theoretical frameworks, which have led to the development of insufficiently clear theories and hypotheses that are difficult to falsify. Next, we discuss the development of looking at bilingual experiences and the need to better understand language control. Last, we argue that the move from behavioural studies to a focus on brain plasticity is not going to solve the debate on cognitive effects, especially not when brain changes are interpreted in the absence of behavioural differences. Clearer theories on both behavioural and neural effects of bilingualism are needed. However, to achieve this, a solid understanding of both bilingualism and executive functions is needed first.The first author received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 743691. The last author received funding from the Basque Government (2018–2021 BERC), the Agencia Estatal de Investigacion: The Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres/Units of Excellence (SEV-2015-490) and grant (RTI2018-093547-B-I00).Neurobiology of Language202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/55155reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/MCinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Basque Government/BERC2018-2021/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/SEV-2015-0490/info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/RTI2018-093547-B-I00/https://direct.mit.edu/nolinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© 2021 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licenseoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/551552026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
title Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
spellingShingle Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
de Bruin, Angela
bilingual advantage
executive control
bilingualism
inhibition
language control
brain plasticity
title_short Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
title_full Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
title_fullStr Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
title_full_unstemmed Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
title_sort Clear Theories Are Needed to Interpret Differences: Perspectives on the Bilingual Advantage Debate
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv de Bruin, Angela
Dick, Anthony Steven
Carreiras, Manuel
author de Bruin, Angela
author_facet de Bruin, Angela
Dick, Anthony Steven
Carreiras, Manuel
author_role author
author2 Dick, Anthony Steven
Carreiras, Manuel
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author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv bilingual advantage
executive control
bilingualism
inhibition
language control
brain plasticity
topic bilingual advantage
executive control
bilingualism
inhibition
language control
brain plasticity
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