The Psychology of Bilingualism : A Conversation with Ellen Bialystok.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (49 pages)
- Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series .
- Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series .
Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. Focusing on Bilingualism -- II. Becoming Scientific -- III. Out of the Minds of Babes -- IV. Differences and Definitions -- V. Multitasking and Focusing -- VI. In The Brain -- VII. The Art of Measurement -- VIII. Bilingualism, Extended -- IX. Bilingualism and Dementia -- X. Public Policy Implications -- XI. Open Questions and Speculations -- Continuing the Conversation.
This book is based on an in-depth conversation with Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University. Ellen Bialystok is a world-leading expert on the effects of bilingualism on cognitive processes across our lifespan. This conversation examines how Bialystok discovered differences in the development of essential cognitive and language abilities for bilingual children, the use of different brain networks by monolingual and bilingual young adults performing simple conflict tasks, and the postponement of symptoms of dementia in bilingual older adults, and many more important aspects of bilingualism. This carefully-edited book includes a detailed introduction, questions for discussion at the end of each chapter and connections with other books in the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series.