Attentional Switching in Infants Exposed to Bilingual Versus Monolingual Environment

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dc.contributor.advisorAdler, Scott A.
dc.creatorKakvan, Mahta
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T13:43:15Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T13:43:15Z
dc.date.copyright2017-03-08
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T13:43:14Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Developmental Science)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractAcquiring two languages poses a challenge to bilingual individuals, but the process of switching attention between two languages may equip bilinguals with enhanced cognitive control abilities such as top-down attentional control. In the current study, 6- to 7-month-old monolingually- and bilingually-exposed infants were examined on a task that required the use of top-down attentional control. Using a task called the Visual Expectation Cueing Paradigm (VExCP), infants anticipatory eye movements (EM) were measured to determine if they could override the previously learned cue-target side relation presented during pre-switch and learn the new cue-target side relation in post-switch. Although monolingually- and bilingually-exposed infants showed relatively equal number of correct anticipatory EM initially during post-switch, bilingually-exposed infants, towards the end of the task, outperformed monolingually-exposed infants in exhibiting correct anticipatory EM.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33562
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subject.keywordsInfancy
dc.subject.keywordsAttentional switching
dc.subject.keywordsVisual expectations
dc.subject.keywordsBilingualism
dc.titleAttentional Switching in Infants Exposed to Bilingual Versus Monolingual Environment
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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