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dc.contributor.authorLeivada, Evelina
dc.contributor.authorWestergaard, Marit
dc.contributor.authorDunabeitia Landaburu, Jon Andoni
dc.contributor.authorRothman, Jason
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-12T09:28:28Z
dc.date.available2021-04-12T09:28:28Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-22
dc.description.abstractNumerous studies have argued that bilingualism has effects on cognitive functions. Recently, in light of increasingly mixed empirical results, this claim has been challenged. One might ponder if there is enough evidence to justify a cessation to future research on the topic or, alternatively, how the field could proceed to better understand the phantom-like appearance of bilingual effects. Herein, we attempt to frame this appearance at the crossroads of several factors such as the heterogeneity of the term ‘bilingual’, sample size effects, task effects, and the complex dynamics between an early publication bias that favours positive results and the subsequent Proteus phenomenon. We conclude that any definitive claim on the topic is premature and that research must continue, albeit in a modified way. To this effect, we offer a path forward for future multi-lab work that should provide clearer answers to whether bilingualism has neurocognitive effects, and if so, under what conditions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLeivada, Westergaard, Dunabeitia Landaburu, Rothman. On the phantom-like appearance of bilingualism effects on neurocognition: (How) should we proceed?. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 2020:1-4en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1820445
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1366728920000358
dc.identifier.issn1366-7289
dc.identifier.issn1469-1841
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20856
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.journalBilingualism: Language and Cognition
dc.relation.projectIDUiT Norges arktiske universitet: 2062165en_US
dc.relation.projectIDEU: 746652en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/746652/EU/Disentangling variation: A crosslinguistic investigation of bilingualism and non-standardization/DIVA/en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bilingualism-language-and-cognition/article/on-the-phantomlike-appearance-of-bilingualism-effects-on-neurocognition-how-should-we-proceed/8BDFD5A406C9B58FA081CF
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.titleOn the phantom-like appearance of bilingualism effects on neurocognition: (How) should we proceed?en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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