Previous studies suggest that bilinguals have certain executive function advantages over monolinguals. However, few studies have examined specific working memory (WM) differences between monolinguals and bilinguals using complex span tasks. In the current study, 52 bilingual and 53 monolingual speakers were administered simple and complex WM span tasks, including a backward digit-span task, standard operation span tasks and a non-verbal symmetry span task. WM performance was a strong predictor of performance on other WM tasks, whereas bilingual status was not. Thus, the present study did not find evidence of a bilingual advantage in WM capacity.
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- Working Memory Capacity: Is There a Bilingual Advantage?
- Ratiu, Ileana (Author)
- Azuma, Tamiko (Author)
- College of Health Solutions (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1080/20445911.2014.976226
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value2044-5911
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value2044-592X
- This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published as Ratiu, Ileana, & Azuma, Tamiko (2015). Working memory capacity: Is there a bilingual advantage?. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 27(1), 1-11. DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.976226. Copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20445911.2014.976226, opens in a new window
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Ratiu, Ileana, & Azuma, Tamiko (2015). Working memory capacity: Is there a bilingual advantage?. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 27(1), 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2014.976226