Bilingualism Across the Lifespan

Wendy S. Francis is the Mary H. C. Stern and J. Edward Stern Endowed Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her research focuses on mental representations and processes in implicit, semantic, and associative memory, with an emphasis on bilingual memory.

• 1. Introduction to the Volume Wendy S. Francis Part 1: What Every Cognitive Psychologist Needs to Know about Bilingualism 2. Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism: An Evolving Perspective Ellen Bialystok 3. Bilingualism Moves us Beyond the Ideal Speaker Narrative in Cognitive Psychology Mehrgol Tiv, Ethan Kutlu, & Debra Titone 4. Including Bilingual Participants in Cognitive Research Anat Prior & Janet G. van Hell Part 2: Challenges Inherent in Cognitive Research with Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials 5. Diversity of Bilingual Circumstances and Implications for Language and Cognition Allison M. Wilck & Jeanette Altarriba 6. Assessment of Language Proficiency and Dominance in Monolinguals and Bilinguals Elizabeth D. Peña, Lisa M. Bedore, & Julio Torres 7. Design Challenges: Development of Bilingual Materials and Making Appropriate Comparisons Natasha Tokowicz & Tamar Degani Part 3: Opportunities Created by Including Bilingual Participants and Bilingual Materials in Cognitive Research 8. Using Existing Cognitive Constructs to Better Understand Bilingual Memory Wendy S. Francis 9. Adapting Monolingual-Based Models and Frameworks to Bilingualism: Opportunities and Obstacles Ana I. Schwartz 10. Bilingualism in Deaf and Hearing Signers: A Window into the Dynamics of Language Variation Jill P. Morford & Judith F. Kroll Index

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