Does Bilingualism Enhance Non- Linguistic Cognitive Abilities?
across many studies (Bialystok, 1999; Bialystok, Craik, Klein, & Viswanathan, 2004; Bialystok & Martin, 2004; Bialystok & Senman, 2004; Goetz; 2003; McLeay, 2003). This difference in performance can be viewed via two frameworks. In the analysis- control framework, Bialystok (1993) identifies two processing components. The first is analysis, which is the ability to represent explicit and abstract structures; the second is control, which is the selective direction of attention to relevant stimuli and inhibiting automatic responses to irrelevant stimuli in misleading situations. The second framework is the Cognitive Complexity and Control (CCC) theory (Zelazo & Frye, 1997). Successful performance on CCC- related tasks calls upon the processes of conscious representation (acquiring increasingly complex rules) and control (paying attention to new rules while overcoming earlier rules). The question of whether the performance pattern (better in control but not in representational processes) d
