27.4186, FYI: Bialystok article in LAB Journal Is Free of Charge

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Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:40:41
From: Paul Peranteau [paul at benjamins.com]
Subject: Bialystok article in LAB Journal Is Free of Charge

 Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, published by John Benjamins Publishing,
is honored to announce a new special issue “Bilingualism and Executive
Functions: An Interdisciplinary Approach”, edited by Irina A. Sekerina and
Lauren Spradlin.  With papers by many of the leading experts on this topic,
the special issue deals with the current debate/discussion revolving around
the question of what the experience of bilingualism has on the brain,
especially as regards potential “cognitive reserve” as reflected in executive
functioning (i.e., the so-called bilingual advantage).   A main feature of
this special issue is the article by Professor Ellen Bialystok  -- the pioneer
researcher in this general field -- in which, for the first time, she
addresses the recent claims that gains in executive functions are either
non-existent, task-specific or extremely limited.  Her article details the
complexities involved in testing for the effects of bilingualism on executive
functioning, ranging from methodological and statistical issues to
understanding bilingualism as a nuanced (non-categorical) variable and what
this entails for the comparability across different datasets.  Given the
importance of this article in particular, Linguistic Approaches to
Bilingualism is offering this free of charge to all.

The article details and a link to access it can be found below:

Article link:
http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/lab.15040.bia

The Signal and the Noise: Finding the Pattern in Human Behavior

Ellen Bialystok

York University

Studies on the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning have sometimes
failed to find significant differences between performance of monolingual and
bilingual young adults. This paper examines the interpretation of these null
findings and considers the role of three factors: definition of bilingualism,
appropriateness of statistical procedures and interpretations, and the range
of data considered. The conclusion is that a correct interpretation of this
important issue will require careful consideration of all the data and
scrupulous attention to design details.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Cognitive Science
                     Language Acquisition
                     Neurolinguistics



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