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dc.contributor.authorPatterson, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-09T18:59:07Z
dc.date.available2024-02-09T18:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/14510
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has compared the cognitive functioning abilities of bilinguals and monolinguals and has produced contradictory results. Where one body of research has found significant effects of bilingualism on delaying the onset of dementia symptoms in adults or increased executive functioning in children, others have resulted in null findings. The problem of varied findings is only intensified through inconsistencies in testing and varying definitions of bilingualism. The aim of the current study was to find a positive relationship between being bilingual and enhanced inhibitory control. It was hypothesized that bilinguals, when compared against monolinguals, would perform better on inhibitory control tasks. This hypothesis was tested through the Stroop task (Stroop, 1992) and the Eriksen Flanker task (Eriksen and Eriksen, 1974). Results revealed that monolinguals and bilinguals do not differ in their inhibitory control abilities
dc.subjectFirst Reader Kay Germano
dc.subjectSenior Project
dc.subjectSemester Spring 2019
dc.titleThe Effects of Bilingualism on Inhibitory Control
dc.typeSenior Project
refterms.dateFOA2024-02-09T18:59:07Z
dc.description.institutionPurchase College SUNY
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.description.degreelevelBachelor of Arts
dc.description.advisorGermano, Kay
dc.date.semesterSpring 2019
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