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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2018 Sep 3;54(10):1842–1853. doi: 10.1037/dev0000562

Table 2.

Children’s performance on nonverbal EF measures in Year 1 and 2

Monolinguals Bilinguals Monolinguals Bilinguals
Year 1 Year 2

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Inhibition (Flanker)

Neutral ACC 0.95 0.06 0.96 0.08 0.97 0.05 0.97 0.06
Neutral RT 584.39 91.34 591.54 129.62 553.08 99.67 550.33 113.91
Incongruent ACC 0.93 0.10 0.93 0.11 0.94 0.09 0.95 0.07
Incongruent RT 621.16 99.50 659.24 149.35 605.66 109.58 581.14 117.87

Updating (Corsi Blocks)

Maximum Capacity 4.63 0.88 4.71 1.02 4.90 0.93 5.08 1.38

Task-Shifting (DCCS)

Shifting costs PreShift ACC 0.97 0.09 0.94 0.13 0.98 0.08 0.97 0.08
PreShift RT 553.83 105.98 565.03 138.60 511.05 89.29 546.02 109.84
PostShift RT 0.90 0.17 0.89 0.15 0.91 0.13 0.94 0.11
PostShift RT 840.49 328.15 791.56 241.15 677.94 200.31 682.77 203.59

Switching costs MixedNonSwitch ACC 0.89 0.11 0.89 0.12 0.94 0.07 0.92 0.07
MixedNonSwitch RT 1150.94 313.94 1003.18 225.45 984.49 276.64 880.41 233.57
MixedSwitch ACC 0.74 0.14 0.70 0.18 0.80 0.14 0.74 0.16
MixedSwitch RT 1366.32 371.73 1179.57 324.88 1151.17 367.89 1051.17 269.46

Mixing costs PreShift ACC 0.97 0.09 0.94 0.13 0.98 0.08 0.97 0.08
PreShift RT 553.83 105.98 565.03 138.60 511.05 89.29 546.02 109.84
MixedNonSwitch ACC 0.89 0.11 0.89 0.12 0.94 0.07 0.92 0.07
MixedNonSwitch RT 1150.94 313.94 1003.18 225.45 984.49 276.64 880.41 233.57