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Arredondo, Maria M.; Aslin, Richard N.; Werker, Janet F. – Developmental Science, 2022
A bilingual environment is associated with changes in the brain's structure and function. Some suggest that bilingualism also improves higher-cognitive functions in infants as young as 6-months, yet whether this effect is associated with changes in the infant brain remains unknown. In the present study, we measured brain activity using functional…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Infants, Spectroscopy
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Arredondo, Maria M.; Hu, Xiao-Su; Satterfield, Teresa; Kovelman, Ioulia – Developmental Science, 2017
Bilingualism is a typical linguistic experience, yet relatively little is known about its impact on children's cognitive and brain development. Theories of bilingualism suggest that early dual-language acquisition can improve children's cognitive abilities, specifically those relying on frontal lobe functioning. While behavioral findings present…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Ability, Brain Hemisphere Functions