Differences in language exposure and its effects on memory flexibility in monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual infants
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- dc.contributor.author Brito, Natalie H.ca
- dc.contributor.author Sebastián Gallés, Núriaca
- dc.contributor.author Barr, Rachelca
- dc.date.accessioned 2016-02-09T07:55:26Z
- dc.date.available 2016-02-09T07:55:26Z
- dc.date.issued 2015ca
- dc.description.abstract Bilingual advantages in memory flexibility, indexed using a memory generalization task, have been reported (Brito & Barr,/n2012; 2014), and the present study examines what factors may influence memory performance. The first experiment examines/nthe role of language similarity; bilingual 18-month-old infants exposed to two similar languages (Spanish–Catalan) or two/nmore different (English–Spanish) languages were tested on a memory generalization task and compared to monolingual/n18-month-olds. The second experiment compares performance by trilingual 18-month-olds to monolingual and bilingual/ninfants’ performance from the first experiment. The bilingual advantage in memory flexibility was robust; both bilingual/ngroups outperformed the monolingual groups, with no significant differences between bilingual groups. Interestingly, an/nadvantage was not found for infants exposed to three languages. These findings demonstrate early emerging differences in/nmemory flexibility, and have important implications for our understanding of how early environmental variations shape the/ntrajectory of memory development.
- dc.description.sponsorship This research was funded by the European Research Council under the/nEuropean Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-/n2013/ERC grant agreement #323961), the Spanish Ministerio de/nEconomía y Competitividad (PSI2012-34071), and the ICREA/nAcadémia prize for excellence in research funded by the Generalitat/nde Catalunya to Núria Sebastián-Gallés; the Georgetown University/nInternational Collaborative Research Grant to Rachel Barr; and by/nthe Georgetown University Dissertation Travel Grant and American/nPsychological Foundation Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz fellowship/nawarded to Natalie Brito.
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- dc.identifier.citation Brito N, Sebastian-Galles N, Barr R. Differences in language exposure and its effects on memory flexibility in monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual infants. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2015 Oct;18(04):670-682. DOI 10.1017/S1366728914000789ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000789
- dc.identifier.issn 1366-7289ca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/25755
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher Cambridge University Pressca
- dc.relation.ispartof Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2015 Oct;18(04):670-682.
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- dc.subject.keyword Memory flexibility
- dc.subject.keyword Memory
- dc.subject.keyword Multilingualism
- dc.subject.keyword Infant development
- dc.title Differences in language exposure and its effects on memory flexibility in monolingual, bilingual, and trilingual infantsca
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