Bilingual children show no reaction time cost for their dual-task accuracy advantage¶

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Subclaims¶

q3 i? Language group differences in reaction time did not reach significance, though task effects showed the same patterns as accuracy data. → Bialystok Ellen 2011

Evidence¶

Bialystok Ellen 2011¶

Bialystok Ellen. (2011). Coordination of Executive Functions in Monolingual and Bilingual Children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3139691/

q3 · i? · associational · r2

3-way ANOVA on reaction times for language group, condition, and modality. "There was no effect for language group, F < 1", so the bilingual accuracy advantage came with no speed cost.

"There was no effect for language group, F < 1."

Discussion¶

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