Bilingual Language Control in Older Adults: Switching Costs Against Executive Measures

Authors

  • Gaudencio Aguirrezabal Department of Psycholinguistics, Costa da Morte Laboratory for Systems Neuroscience, Carballo, Spain Author
  • Erwin-M Kunzli Centre for Cognitive Ageing, Jura Vaudois Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Le Sentier, Switzerland Author
  • Eoin-P Boland-Tier Department of Cognitive Psychology, Royal Canal Centre for Brain and Behaviour, Mullingar, Ireland Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22677657

Keywords:

Bilingual Language Control in Older Adults; Cognitive neuroscience; Neurofeedback; Evidence synthesis; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in bilingual language control in older adults right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers
the most value. We pull together the current evidence for bilingual language control in older adults, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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