Advanced search
Publication Cover
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Volume 25, 2022 - Issue 6
Submit an article Journal homepage
3,343
Views
11
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Is bilingualism associated with better working memory capacity? A meta-analysis

Catherine MonnierDépartement de Psychologie, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPSYLON EA 4556, Montpellier, FranceCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-437XView further author information
ORCID Icon,
Julie BoichéDépartement de Psychologie, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPSYLON EA 4556, Montpellier, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1676-0528View further author information
ORCID Icon,
Pauline ArmandonDépartement de Psychologie, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPSYLON EA 4556, Montpellier, FranceView further author information
,
Sophie BaudoinDépartement de Psychologie, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPSYLON EA 4556, Montpellier, FranceView further author information
&
Stéphanie BellocchiDépartement de Psychologie, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Montpellier, EPSYLON EA 4556, Montpellier, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2387-2111View further author information
ORCID Icon
Pages 2229-2255 | Received 03 Apr 2020, Accepted 05 Mar 2021, Published online: 12 Apr 2021

Citations (11)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (3)

Elizabeth G. Bailey, Abigail Parrish & Nicola J. Pierce. (2023) ‘Having a decent understanding of more than one language’: exploring multilingualism with secondary school students in England. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 0:0, pages 1-13.
Read now
Kate Cockcroft. (2022) Working memory in multilinguals: factors that assist and impede. International Journal of Multilingualism 0:0, pages 1-17.
Read now
Åsta Haukås, André Storto & Irina Tiurikova. (2022) School students’ beliefs about the benefits of multilingualism. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 0:0, pages 1-14.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (8)

Alexandra Perovic, Dušica Filipović Đurđević & Sabina Halupka-Rešetar. (2022) The effect of bilingualism on executive functions when languages are similar: a comparison between Hungarian–Serbian and Slovak–Serbian young adult bilinguals. Memory & Cognition 51:3, pages 561-581.
Crossref
Judith Alina Grossmann, Steffen Aschenbrenner, Birgit Teichmann & Patric Meyer. (2023) Foreign language learning can improve response inhibition in individuals with lower baseline cognition: Results from a randomized controlled superiority trial. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 15.
Crossref
Kyriakos Antoniou. (2023) The ups and downs of bilingualism: A review of the literature on executive control using event-related potentials. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
Crossref
Yeonwoo Kim, Zixuan Ye, Zachary Leventhal, Wei-Ju Wang & Erik D. Thiessen. (2023) Effects of language background on executive function: Transfer across task and modality. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
Crossref
Mariana Vega-Mendoza, Daniel Eriksson Sörman, Maria Josefsson & Jessica K. Ljungberg. (2022) A longitudinal study of episodic memory recall in multilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism, pages 136700692211391.
Crossref
Anna Izmalkova, Artem Barmin, Boris B. Velichkovsky, Gerda Prutko & Igor Chistyakov. (2022) Cognitive Resources in Working Memory: Domain-Specific or General?. Behavioral Sciences 12:11, pages 459.
Crossref
Danika Wagner, Ellen Bialystok & John G. Grundy. (2022) What Is a Language? Who Is Bilingual? Perceptions Underlying Self-Assessment in Studies of Bilingualism. Frontiers in Psychology 13.
Crossref
Maria Kliesch, Robert Becker & Alexis Hervais-Adelman. (2022) Global and localized network characteristics of the resting brain predict and adapt to foreign language learning in older adults. Scientific Reports 12:1.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.