Words Versus Pictures: Bilingual Performance on Verbal and Pictorial Measures of Executive Functions.
Purpose: This study examined bilinguals’ performance on functional executive function map tasks such as the Zoo Map from the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome and the extent to which working memory, setshifting, and inhibition measures predicted bilinguals’ performance on these tas...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 1087 - 1104 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Mar2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=155635797&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 155635797 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2022 vid: 65 iid: 3 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 155635797 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00317 ppf: 1087 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 878KB tig: atl: Words Versus Pictures: Bilingual Performance on Verbal and Pictorial Measures of Executive Functions. aug: au: Alateeq, Halah Azuma, Tamiko affil: College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe. su: Bilingualism Executive function Communicative competence Verbal ability Phonological awareness Learning assessment Neuropsychological tests Memory testing sug: subj: Bilingualism Executive function Communicative competence Verbal ability Phonological awareness Learning assessment Neuropsychological tests Memory testing ab: Purpose: This study examined bilinguals’ performance on functional executive function map tasks such as the Zoo Map from the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome and the extent to which working memory, setshifting, and inhibition measures predicted bilinguals’ performance on these tasks. Additionally, we explored the utility of pictorial map tasks as a measure of complex executive function in bilinguals. We hypothesized that bilinguals would perform better on the pictorial map tasks due to the reduced language processing demand. Method: The analyses included 131 bilingual young adults who completed a comprehensive language history questionnaire, an English proficiency test, a battery of working memory and executive function tasks, and verbal and pictorial map tasks. Results: Contrary to predictions, bilinguals’ performance on the verbal maps did not differ significantly from that on the pictorial maps. Two multiple regression models significantly predicted performance on the verbal and pictorial maps, accounting for 7%–25% of the variance in the map scores. Working memory and interference control were the most prominent predictors within these models. Conclusions: In our study, bilinguals’ performance on the verbal maps did not differ significantly from that on the pictorial maps. Additionally, English proficiency did not correlate with the participants’ verbal map scores. These results suggest that executive function map tasks (e.g., the Zoo Map) are a useful clinical tool for assessing executive function in bilinguals. The findings of this study are discussed in light of the current literature on executive functions in bilinguals. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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