Where Language Meets Thought : Selected Works of Ellen Bialystok (Paperback)

Part I: Metalinguistic and cognitive development in children??Chapter 1.?Factors in the growth of linguistic awareness??Chapter 2. Independent effects of bilingualism and socioeconomic status on language ability and executive functioning??Part II: Behavioral studies across the lifespan??Chapter 3. Bilingualism, aging, and cognitive control: Evidence from the Simon task??Chapter 4. Cognitive control and lexical access in younger and older bilinguals??Part III: Including the brain??Chapter 5. Bilingualism: Consequences for mind and brain??Chapter 6. The bilingual adaptation: How minds accommodate experience??Part IV: The cognitive reserve effect??Chapter 7. Bilingualism as a protection against the onset of symptoms of dementia??Chapter 8. Bilingualism: Pathway to cognitive reserve??Part V: Mechanisms and implications: What’s going on and why does it matter???Chapter 9. Increases in attentional demands are associated with language group differences in working memory performance??Chapter 10. The swerve: How childhood bilingualism changed from liability to benefit