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. 2018 Oct 23;9:1997. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01997

Table 5.

Evidence (BF10) for and against the effect of language similarity on each ability.

Sliding contrast Simple contrast


Ability Linear trend Mono vs. Bidial Bidial vs. Sim Sim vs. Dissim Mono vs. Sim Mono vs. Dissim

BF10 % error BF10 % error BF10 % error BF10 % error BF10 % error BF10 % error
Linguistic ability
Linguistic accuracy 30.20 ±1.46 0.27 ±1.67 0.53 ±2.30 1.64 ± 0.72 0.29 ±0.91 7.11 ±0.84
Linguistic speed 0.45 ±2.17 0.29 ±2.20 0.28 ±1.11 0.27 ±1.82 0.39 ±1.04 0.36 ±1.23
Executive functions
Inhibition 0.35 ±1.41 0.27 ±1.73 0.49 ±0.96 0.34 ±0.96 0.35 ±1.44 0.27 ±2.63
Monitoring 0.75 ±0.91 1.07 ±2.78 0.26 ±1.88 0.33 ±0.74 1.83 ±1.10 0.43 ±1.19
Mixing 0.68 ±0.81 0.71 ±3.97 0.45 ±0.86 0.37 ±1.37 1.11 ±0.69 0.66 ±0.91
Shifting 0.37 ±0.98 0.32 ±0.94 0.72 ±1.56 1.02 ±1.20 0.34 ±1.24 0.32 ±0.99
Working memory 0.74 ±0.78 3.85 ±1.83 0.39 ±1.37 0.35 ±1.05 1.24 ±0.89 0.74 ±0.75

Mono, Monolinguals; Bidial, Bidialectals; Sim, Similar Bilinguals; Dissim, Dissimilar Bilinguals. All models included the average parents’ education level as a proxy for socio-economic status as an additional predictor. Values printed in bold indicate at least substantial evidence for (BF10 ≥ 3) or against (BF10 ≤ 0.33) the alternative hypothesis.