AUTHOR=Yang Hwajin , Hartanto Andree , Yang Sujin TITLE=The Complex Nature of Bilinguals' Language Usage Modulates Task-Switching Outcomes JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=7 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00560 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00560 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
In view of inconsistent findings regarding bilingual advantages in executive functions (EF), we reviewed the literature to determine whether bilinguals' different language usage causes measureable changes in the shifting aspects of EF. By drawing on the theoretical framework of the adaptive control hypothesis—which postulates a critical link between bilinguals' varying demands on language control and adaptive cognitive control (Green and Abutalebi,