Bialystok Ellen
York University.
Child Dev Perspect. 2015 Jun 1;9(2):117-121. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12116.
This paper reviews research examining the effect of bilingualism on children's cognitive development, and in particular, executive function. Studies reporting bilingual advantages in various tasks are described with the purpose of identifying the process or executive function component that might be responsible for this bilingual advantage. Several possibilities are discussed, such as inhibitory control. Finally, the role of attention is proposed as a fundamental process that initiates developmental differences in bilingual children from as early as infancy.
本文回顾了关于双语对儿童认知发展影响的研究,特别是对执行功能的影响。文中描述了在各种任务中报告双语优势的研究,目的是确定可能导致这种双语优势的过程或执行功能成分。讨论了几种可能性,如抑制控制。最后,提出注意力的作用是一个基本过程,它从婴儿期就引发了双语儿童的发展差异。