Performance on Auditory and Visual Tasks of Inhibition in English Monolingual and Spanish –English Bilingual Adults: Do Bilinguals Have a Cognitive Advantage?

Conclusions No significant differences in performance on auditory and visual tests of inhibition of irrelevant information were evidenced between the monolingual and bilingual participants in this study. These findings suggest that bilinguals may not exhibit an advantage in the inhibition of irrelevant information compared with monolinguals.
Source: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research