Testing the Bilingual Cognitive Advantage in Toddlers Using the Early Executive Functions Questionnaire

The present study aims to assess differences in executive functioning between monolingual and multilingual 23-month-old toddlers, both when dichotomizing multilingualism assessing it on a continuum. It is hypothesized that multilinguals, individuals with greater non-dominant language exposure, more translation equivalents, would perform better the following domains: response inhibition, attentional flexibility, regulation. No are expected for working memory. Early Executive Functions Questionnaire, newly developed parental report, used measure four functions of interest. Multilinguals exposure have significantly higher inhibition; however, no noted any other function. Additionally, associations equivalents found. Post-hoc analyses reveal production had positive correlation findings support notion domain-specific cognitive advantage toddlers.