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  • Bilingualism in connection with executive functions and cognition in children in Slovenian bilingual area [Elektronski vir]
    Mičič, Sara ; Bakračevič, Karin
    The purpose of this study was to research the assumptions about the connection between bilingualism and results in the field of cognitive functioning. Research showing the advantage of bilingual ... individuals in comparison with monolinguals in cognitive functioning is often explained by the mechanisms that allow bilingual individuals to control and represent the two languages in the brain. Our study included children aged 9 to 11 years: a group of bilingual children who speak Slovene and Hungarian and a control group of monolingual, Slovene speaking children. We tested them with the following cognitive abilities tests: executive functions with TMT and Stroop test, working memory with digit span task forward and backward, verbal abilities with verbal fluency test and vocabulary. The data showed that, although verbal fluency was lower in bilingual group, bilingual children performed better on versions of Stroop task, which could indicate advantage in speed of processing and to lesser extent also in ability of handling conflicting information.
    Source: Studia Historica Slovenica [Elektronski vir] : časopis za humanistične in družboslovne študije = humanities and social studies review. - ISSN 2591-2194 (Letn. 20, št. 1, 2020, str. 253-278)
    Type of material - e-article ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2020
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 45084931

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    http://shs.zgodovinsko-drustvo-kovacic.si/sites/default/files/clanki/SHS-2020-1-8-Micic%20%28scopus%29.pdf
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