1st Edition
Bilingualism Across the Lifespan Opportunities and Challenges for Cognitive Research in a Global Society
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Volume
Wendy S. Francis
Section I: What Every Cognitive Psychologist Needs to Know about Bilingualism
Chapter 2: Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism: An Evolving Perspective
Ellen Bialystok
Chapter 3: Bilingualism Moves us Beyond the Ideal Speaker Narrative in Cognitive Psychology
Mehrgol Tiv, Ethan Kutlu, & Debra Titone
Chapter 4: Including Bilingual Participants in Cognitive Research
Anat Prior & Janet G. van Hell
Section II: Challenges Inherent in Cognitive Research with Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials
Chapter 5: Diversity of Bilingual Circumstances and Implications for Language and Cognition
Allison M. Wilck & Jeanette Altarriba
Chapter 6: Assessment of Language Proficiency and Dominance in Monolinguals and Bilinguals
Elizabeth D. Peña, Lisa M. Bedore, & Julio Torres
Chapter 7: Design Challenges: Development of Bilingual Materials and Making Appropriate Comparisons
Natasha Tokowicz & Tamar Degani
Section III: Opportunities Created by Including Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials in Cognitive Research
Chapter 8: Using Existing Cognitive Constructs to Better Understand Bilingual Memory
Wendy S. Francis
Chapter 9: Adapting Monolingual-Based Models and Frameworks to Bilingualism: Opportunities and Obstacles
Ana I. Schwartz
Chapter 10: Bilingualism in Deaf and Hearing Signers: A Window into the Dynamics of Language Variation
Jill P. Morford & Judith F. Kroll
Index
Biography
Wendy S. Francis is the Mary H. C. Stern and J. Edward Stern Endowed Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research focuses on mental representations and processes in implicit, semantic, and associative memory, with an emphasis on bilingual memory.
