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First and Second Language Acquisition

California State University, San Bernardino

Bilingualism

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Effects Of Bilingualism On Goal Representation And Maintenance, Amina Saadaoui Jan 2011

Effects Of Bilingualism On Goal Representation And Maintenance, Amina Saadaoui

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The main focus of this study was to examine whether the bilingual advantage in cognitive control is due to the bilinguals' ability to represent and maintain goal information in working memory. Cognitive control, also referred to as executive control, is the ability to inhibit one cognitive task while executing another task.