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Neuroplasticity as a model for bilingualism: Commentary on Baum and Titone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2014

Natalie A. Phillips
Natalie A. Phillips*
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Un grand merci à Shari Baum and Debra Titone for their review paper, “Moving Toward a Neuroplasticity View of Bilingualism, Executive Control and Aging.” (Please note the code switch in that previous sentence is part of my effort to build my cognitive reserve.) The authors are to be congratulated for providing a timely and constructive review of the current state of our understanding of the potential impact of bilingualism on executive control processes and cognitive aging. In this short commentary, I will comment on one of their key contributions to the discussion, namely, that researchers should embrace and address the individual variability among bilinguals.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , September 2014 , e1
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