Bilingualism and Cognitive Control

• Main Author: Mishra, Ramesh Kumar (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Bilingual Mind and Brain Book Series ; 6
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Cognitive grammar.; Multilingualism.; Cognitive Psychology.; Cognitive Linguistics.

This thought-provoking monograph makes a multidisciplinary case for bilingualism as a possible enhancer of executive function, particularly cognitive control. Its central focus is the cognitive operations of the bilingual brain in processing two languages and whether they afford the brain a greater...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Evolution of Bilingualism
• Chapter 3: What Goes On in a Bilingual Mind? The Core Cognitive Mechanisms
• Chapter 4: Cognitive Advantage of Bilingualism and its Criticisms
• Chapter 5: Neuroscience of Bilingualism
• Chapter 6: Bilingualism, Context, and Control
• Chapter 7: Attention, Vision, and Control in Bilinguals
• Chapter 8: Conclusion. .