DOES MULTILINGUAL COMPETENCE INFLUENCE COGNITIVE CONTROL SKILLS ALREADY SINCE CHILDHOOD? An er-fMRI follow-up study in multilingual children

UvA-DARE (Digital Academic

UvA-DARE (Digital Academic

UvA-DARE (Digital Academic

Multilingual experience and cognitive control shape lexical competition in non-native word production: An fMRI study

During production, multilinguals face increased lexical competition within and across languages, demanding cognitive control. This study investigated how multilingual experience—indexed by proficiency and usage—modulates the influence of trait-level (via control tasks) and state-level (using a Stroop-embedded picture...

The multilingual brain: A critical review of cognitive advantages

Being bilingual, or speaking two languages, has several well-documented cognitive advantages referred to as the ‘bilingual advantage’. These advantages have been carefully scrutinised over the past 30 years, with debates about their existence ongoing. The cognitive benefits of multilingualism (speaking three or more la...

Explaining Age-Related Effects in Bilingual Language Acquisition: The Interplay of Neurodevelopment, Language Exposure, and Learning Mechanisms

For decades, the age-related disparity in second language learning outcomes has remained one of the most debated core topics in bilingual acquisition research, with long-standing disagreements over whether observed differences stem from immutable biological critical periods, variable environmental input, or distinct co...