Sibylla Leon Guerrero
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sibylla Leon Guerrero plays a role.
Articles
2023 Chapter 2. From the spatial ego to cognitive control: Ellen Bialystok’s early work, 1976–1988 Understanding Language and Cognition through Bilingualism: In honor of Ellen Bialystok, Luk, Gigi, John A.E. Anderson and John G. Grundy (eds.), pp. 12–37 | Chapter
Ellen Bialystok’s early work from 1976–1988 has had a lasting influence on the fields of bilingualism and linguistics. This chapter reviews her seminal work establishing bilingualism as a cross-disciplinary area of study in 1976. It then explores Bialystok’s language processing research of the… read more
2016 Chapter 14. Home language usage and executive function in bilingual preschoolers Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism, Schwieter, John W. (ed.), pp. 351–374 | Article
Executive function (EF) is fundamental to successful learning and goal-directed behavior in both adults and children. Bilingual experience has been shown to facilitate EF across the lifespan, likely due to the increased cognitive demand required for managing multiple languages on a daily basis.… read more