Brito, Natalie H.Sebastián Gallés, NúriaBarr, Rachel2016-02-092016-02-092015Brito 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/S13667289140007891366-7289http://hdl.handle.net/10230/25755Bilingual 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.application/pdfeng© Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: [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.] is available at [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BIL].info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000789Memory flexibilityMemoryMultilingualismInfant developmentinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess