Multilingualism And Ego Depletion In Interference Task Performance – Are Multilingual Brains More Intelligent Than Monolingual Brains?

Author

Dorota B. Botwina, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Spring 5-9-2017

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Physics and Astronomy

First Advisor

Dr. Virginia Valian

Second Advisor

Dr. Martin Chodorow

Academic Program Adviser

Dr. Sandeep Prasada

Abstract

Research linking multilingualism with better executive control has produced inconsistent findings. Since definitive empirical evidence is not available, this study seeks to explore whether these advantages really exist. The Flanker Task followed an ego depletion task that was introduced to participants who were monolingual, bilingual and trilingual.

Recommended Citation

Botwina, Dorota B., "Multilingualism And Ego Depletion In Interference Task Performance – Are Multilingual Brains More Intelligent Than Monolingual Brains?" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/154