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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Bilingualism is often associated with enhanced cognitive control.
  • The influence of these cognitive advantages on memory encoding, particularly under divided attention, remains an active area of research.
  • Understanding these interactions is crucial for comprehending how language experience shapes cognitive functions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether bilingual advantages in cognitive control impact memory encoding during a divided attention task.
  • To compare monolinguals, simultaneous bilinguals, and sequential bilinguals on cognitive control and subsequent memory performance.
  • To explore the relationship between attentional control, language acquisition, and memory.

Main Methods:

  • Participants (monolinguals, simultaneous bilinguals, sequential bilinguals) performed a task switching between object and word classification under divided attention.
  • Recognition memory for stimuli encountered during the classification task was subsequently tested.
  • Correlational analyses examined the link between classification task performance (errors on switch trials) and memory accuracy.

Main Results:

  • Monolinguals made more classification errors than bilinguals; simultaneous bilinguals made the fewest errors.
  • No significant differences in memory performance were observed across the three language groups.
  • Errors during switch trials on the classification task significantly correlated with recognition memory for both target and non-target stimuli.
  • For bilinguals, age of second language acquisition partially mediated the relationship between attentional control and memory for non-target stimuli.

Conclusions:

  • While bilingualism may confer advantages in cognitive control, these do not directly translate to enhanced memory encoding in a divided attention setting.
  • Attentional control, as measured by task switching performance, is a significant predictor of memory performance, irrespective of language group.
  • Individual differences in language acquisition, such as the age of acquiring a second language, play a role in the relationship between cognitive control and memory in bilingual individuals.