Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review

Background: Bilingualism is widespread and being bilingual is more common than being monolingual. The lifelong practice bilinguals receive from managing two languages seems to lead to a cognitive benefit. Conversely, bilingualism seems to affect language ability negatively due to less use of each kn...

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Autores: Giovannoli, Jasmine, Martella, Diana, Casagrande, María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Loyola Andalucía
Repositorio:Brújula
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Palabra clave:Bilingualism
Executive functions
Language
Verbal fluency
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spelling Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic reviewGiovannoli, JasmineMartella, DianaCasagrande, MaríaBilingualismExecutive functionsLanguageVerbal fluencyBackground: Bilingualism is widespread and being bilingual is more common than being monolingual. The lifelong practice bilinguals receive from managing two languages seems to lead to a cognitive benefit. Conversely, bilingualism seems to affect language ability negatively due to less use of each known language. Aims: This systematic review aims to summarize the results of the studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning assessed by verbal fluency tasks. The verbal fluency task is a neuropsychological measure of lexical retrieval efficiency and executive functioning. Methods: The review was conducted according to the PRISMA statement through searches in the scientific databases PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science and SCOPUS. Studies included in this review had at least one bilingual and monolingual group, participants over 18 years and one verbal fluency task. Studies that considered bimodal bilingual, second language learners, trilingual or multilingual people, and clinical populations were excluded. A total of 38 studies were included in the systematic review. Main contribution: Quantitative analysis of performance did not show significant differences between monolinguals and bilinguals. Qualitative results are mixed, and no definitive conclusions can be drawn about a bilingual advantage or disadvantage in the verbal fluency tasks Conclusions: Normative data based on the monolingual population are not appropriate to test a bilingual population. It is necessary to take precautions in using this task, especially in clinical practice. What this paper adds: What is already known on the subject Bilingualism seems to lead to a cognitive benefit due to constantly monitoring the known languages to select the most suitable one for each interactional context and to affect language ability negatively due to less use of each known language but also to language ability negatively. What this paper adds to the existing knowledge This systematic review summarizes the results of the studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning assessed by verbal fluency tasks, a neuropsychological measure of lexical retrieval efficiency and executive functioning. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Normative data based on the monolingual population are not appropriate to test a bilingual population. It is necessary to take precautions in using this task, especially in clinical practice.2023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12412/4484reponame:Brújulainstname:Universidad Loyola AndalucíaInglésOpen Access Funding provided by Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza within the CRUI-CARE Agreementhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uloyola.es:20.500.12412/44842026-06-24T12:48:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
title Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
spellingShingle Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
Giovannoli, Jasmine
Bilingualism
Executive functions
Language
Verbal fluency
title_short Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
title_full Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
title_fullStr Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
title_sort Executive functioning during verbal fluency tasks in bilinguals: A systematic review
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Giovannoli, Jasmine
Martella, Diana
Casagrande, María
author Giovannoli, Jasmine
author_facet Giovannoli, Jasmine
Martella, Diana
Casagrande, María
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author2 Martella, Diana
Casagrande, María
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Bilingualism
Executive functions
Language
Verbal fluency
topic Bilingualism
Executive functions
Language
Verbal fluency
description Background: Bilingualism is widespread and being bilingual is more common than being monolingual. The lifelong practice bilinguals receive from managing two languages seems to lead to a cognitive benefit. Conversely, bilingualism seems to affect language ability negatively due to less use of each known language. Aims: This systematic review aims to summarize the results of the studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning assessed by verbal fluency tasks. The verbal fluency task is a neuropsychological measure of lexical retrieval efficiency and executive functioning. Methods: The review was conducted according to the PRISMA statement through searches in the scientific databases PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science and SCOPUS. Studies included in this review had at least one bilingual and monolingual group, participants over 18 years and one verbal fluency task. Studies that considered bimodal bilingual, second language learners, trilingual or multilingual people, and clinical populations were excluded. A total of 38 studies were included in the systematic review. Main contribution: Quantitative analysis of performance did not show significant differences between monolinguals and bilinguals. Qualitative results are mixed, and no definitive conclusions can be drawn about a bilingual advantage or disadvantage in the verbal fluency tasks Conclusions: Normative data based on the monolingual population are not appropriate to test a bilingual population. It is necessary to take precautions in using this task, especially in clinical practice. What this paper adds: What is already known on the subject Bilingualism seems to lead to a cognitive benefit due to constantly monitoring the known languages to select the most suitable one for each interactional context and to affect language ability negatively due to less use of each known language but also to language ability negatively. What this paper adds to the existing knowledge This systematic review summarizes the results of the studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning assessed by verbal fluency tasks, a neuropsychological measure of lexical retrieval efficiency and executive functioning. What are the potential or actual clinical implications of this work? Normative data based on the monolingual population are not appropriate to test a bilingual population. It is necessary to take precautions in using this task, especially in clinical practice.
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