1st Edition

Where Language Meets Thought Selected Works of Ellen Bialystok

By Ellen Bialystok Copyright 2024
322 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 21 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications – extracts from books, key articles, research findings, and practical and theoretical contributions. Ellen Bialystok has published widely in the field of cognitive development and decline across the lifespan. Her research uses... Read more

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

Biography

Ellen Bialystok is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University and Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC), and a Killam Prize laureate. She also holds an honorary doctorate (Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa) from the University of Oslo and is the recipient of numerous other awards and fellowships.