Monolingual and bilingual children perform the dichotic comprehension task equivalently, with both groups finding English–English interference hardest¶
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q3 i3 Comprehension scores did not differ by group; the only significant factor was condition, driven by lower performance in the English–English condition. → Jacqueline Phelps 2022
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Jacqueline Phelps 2022¶
Jacqueline Phelps, Adam Attaheri & Mirjana Bozic. (2022). How bilingualism modulates selective attention in children. Scientific Reports 12:6381. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09989-x
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Behavioural analysis of comprehension Z scores from 48 children (24 per group) across four conditions, with age and SES as predictors. Overall scores were 98.1% monolingual and 98.7% bilingual; the condition effect (η2 = 0.17) was driven by the English–English condition.
"The results showed that the only significant factor was condition [F(3,141) = 9.34, p < 0.001, η2 = 0.17], with no effect of group nor interaction between condition and group."
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Monolingual and bilingual children perform the dichotic comprehension task equivalently, with both groups finding English–English interference hardest |
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Monolingual and bilingual children perform the dichotic comprehension task equivalently, with both groups finding English–English interference hardest |
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