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. 2020 Oct 20;11:570587. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.570587

TABLE 8.

Does comprehension of center-embedded clauses interact with bilingualism for cognitive function? glm() regression with Poisson error were used to model cognitive parameters.

Dependent variable:
TEA-1
TEA-2
TEA-3
Backward digit span
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(Intcpt)/Monolingual 1.866 1.881 1.621 1.705
t = 20.389 t = 20.545 t = 15.451 t = 17.105
p = 0.000 p = 0.000 p = 0.000 p = 0.000
Bilingual 0.062 0.215 0.241 0.093
t = 0.507 t = 1.815 t = 1.772 t = 0.700
p = 0.612 p = 0.070 p = 0.077 p = 0.485
Center-Embedded −0.025 −0.099 −0.152 −0.069
t = −0.235 t = −0.947 t = −1.299 t = −0.605
p = 0.815 p = 0.344 p = 0.194 p = 0.546
Bilingual: 0.011 0.182 0.362 0.155
Center-Embedded t = 0.088 t = 1.468 t = 2.593 t = 1.122
(Interaction) p = 0.930 p = 0.143 p = 0.010 p = 0.262
Observations 48 48 48 48
Log Likelihood −91.369 −107.938 −127.327 −92.858
Akaike Inf. Crit. 190.738 223.875 262.654 193.716

Model 1: TEA-1 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 2: TEA-2 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 3: TEA-3 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 4: Backward digit span ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error.