| Description |
1 online resource (49 p.) |
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Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser |
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Ideas Roadshow Conversations Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- A Note on the Text -- Introduction -- The Conversation -- I. Focusing on Bilingualism -- II. Becoming Scientific -- III. Out of the Minds of Babes -- IV. Differences and Definitions -- V. Multitasking and Focusing -- VI. In The Brain -- VII. The Art of Measurement -- VIII. Bilingualism, Extended -- IX. Bilingualism and Dementia -- X. Public Policy Implications -- XI. Open Questions and Speculations -- Continuing the Conversation |
| Summary |
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University. Ellen Bialystok is a world-leading expert on the effects of bilingualism on cognitive processes across our lifespan. This conversation examines how she discovered differences in the development of essential cognitive and language abilities for bilingual children, the use of different brain networks by monolingual and bilingual young adults performing simple conflict tasks, and the postponement of symptoms of dementia in bilingual older adults, and many mo |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Bialystok, Ellen -- Interviews
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Bilingualism in children.
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Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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Diseases.
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HEALTH & FITNESS.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
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Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology.
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PSYCHOLOGY.
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EDUCATION.
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Bilingualism in children
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781771700313 |
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1771700319 |
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1771702052 |
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9781771702058 |
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