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  • Developmental Psychology

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  • Executive functions are crucial cognitive processes that decline with age.
  • Bilingualism has been proposed as a factor that may enhance executive functions.
  • Previous research often dichotomized age and bilingualism, limiting understanding of continuous effects.

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  • To investigate the continuous effects of bilingualism and age on executive function.
  • To examine how these factors influence performance on the Stroop and Flanker tasks.
  • To explore potential interactions between bilingualism and age in executive control.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a mouse-tracking paradigm to capture continuous response dynamics.
  • Assessed executive function using the Stroop and Flanker tasks.
  • Analyzed data considering age and bilingualism as continuous variables.

Main Results:

  • A reduced Stroop effect was observed with younger age and higher levels of bilingualism.
  • No significant interaction was found between bilingualism and age for the Stroop effect.
  • The Flanker effect remained unaffected by bilingualism or age after controlling for baseline performance.

Conclusions:

  • Bilingualism can enhance specific executive functions, such as those measured by the Stroop task, across the adult lifespan.
  • The degree of executive function varies with different levels of bilingualism and age.
  • Findings suggest bilingualism offers cognitive advantages that persist throughout adulthood.