Kerrigan, L;
Thomas, MSC;
Bright, P;
Filippi, R;
(2017)
Evidence of an advantage in visuo-spatial memory for bilingual compared to monolingual speakers.
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
, 20
(3)
pp. 602-612.
10.1017/S1366728915000917.
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Abstract
Previous research has indicated that bilinguals outperform monolinguals in cognitive tasks involving spatial working memory. The present study examines evidence for this claim using a different and arguably more ecologically valid method (the change blindness task). Bilingual and monolingual participants were presented with two versions of the same scenes and required to press a key as soon as they identified the alteration. They also completed the word and alpha span tasks, and the Corsi blocks task. The results in the change blindness task, controlled for group differences in non-verbal reasoning, indicated that bilinguals were faster and more accurate than monolinguals at detecting visual changes. Similar group differences were found on the Corsi block task. Unlike previous findings, no group differences were found on the verbal memory tasks. The results are discussed with reference to mechanisms of cognitive control as a locus of transfer between bilingualism and spatial working memory tasks.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Evidence of an advantage in visuo-spatial memory for bilingual compared to monolingual speakers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1366728915000917 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728915000917 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017. All rights reserved. This article has been published in a revised form in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 10.1017/S1366728915000917. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2017. |
| Keywords: | Bilingualism, executive function, working memory, verbal memory, visuo-spatial memory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1522094 |
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