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. 2017 Apr 20;12(4):e0176151. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176151

Table 1. Study categorization criteria, examples, and descriptive statistics for each paper category regarding the percentage of behavioral information supporting the BA.

Category Percentages Example 1 Example 2
%Sup Mean (SD) nSup nCha %Sup nSup nCha %Sup
SBA ≥ 80 98.14 (5.88) 3 0 100 5 1 83
ABA 21–79 50.9 (12.91) 2 2 50 2 4 33
NMA - - - - - - - -
CBA ≤ 20 1.96 (5.88) 0 3 0 1 6 14

SBA: supports the bilingual advantage; ABA: ambiguous about the bilingual advantage; NMA: does not mention the bilingual advantage; CBA: challenges the bilingual advantage; %Sup: percentage of behavioral information supporting the BA in the abstract; nSup: number of behavioral results supporting the BA in the abstract; nCha: number of behavioral results challenging the BA in the abstract (reversed or null results); SD: standard deviation.