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Exploring the Cognitive Edge: Bilingualism and Visuo-Spatial Working Memory in 6-10 years old Children.

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Many researchers have investigated how the cognitive abilities of bilingual subjects emerge and develop compared to monolinguals. Among these studies, it has been shown that the simultaneous learning of several languages is beneficial for the development of executive functions in young children (Van Hell & Mahn, 1997; Bialystok & al., 2014). This benefit is illustrated, in bilingual children, by their better abilities in terms of cognitive processing speed and cognitive flexibility when compared to monolinguals. Other research conducted in children and adults has shown that learning simultaneously two languages could further develop the resistance to interference (Bialystok et al., 2011). This benefit would be linked to the alternation of the two systems of mental representations of languages. Building upon this research, the present study aims to investigate whether the context of language learning modifies the strategies of information retrieval in visuo-spatial working memory. The general hypothesis predicts a difference in cognitive profiles which is illustrated by the nature of the errors made on one hand by bilinguals and on the other hand by monolinguals. This study was carried out with 66 children Group 1: 6 years to 7 years, 11 months old including 33 bilingual subjects and 33 monolingual subjects and 58 children Group 2: 8 years to 10 year ,11 months old 29 bilingual subjects and 29 monolingual subjects. The experimental protocol consists of the Corsi cube test (Jones et al., 1995), which is specifically used to measure visuospatial working memory. Following a demonstration, the participant must reproduce a sequence of pointing cubes. Success in the Corsi Cubes test is defined according to: The correct direction of the progress of the pointing sequence, the correct location of the pointed block and the exact number of pointed blocks. These criteria will make it possible to identify whether there are differences in terms of cognitive treatment between bilinguals and monolinguals. The results of analysis of errors committed in visuo-spatial memory, show a significant difference in favor of bilingual subjects.

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Psychologie
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hal-04426401 , version 1 (30-01-2024)

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Samira Bouayed, Annamaria Lammel, Louise Goyet. Exploring the Cognitive Edge: Bilingualism and Visuo-Spatial Working Memory in 6-10 years old Children.. JSJC 2023 – 18ème Journée Scientifique des Jeunes Chercheurs en Psychologie, Dec 2023, Lille, France. ⟨hal-04426401⟩
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