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ReviewFrontiers in psychology2020

Moderation-Mediation Effects in Bilingualism and Cognitive Reserve.

Roberto R Heredia, Angélique M Blackburn, Luis A Vega

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Review in Frontiers in psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Roberto R HerediaDepartment of Psychology and Communication, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, United States.
Angélique M BlackburnDepartment of Psychology and Communication, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, United States.
Luis A VegaDepartment of Psychology, California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA, United States.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We first provide a critical review of the existing findings on bilingualism as a contributor to cognitive reserve from moderator-mediator warranting cause-effect research conclusions. We next address the question of direct or indirect effects between bilingualism and neurocognitive protective factors influencing the associated age-related mental deficits. The existing findings support bilingualism as a predictor and as a moderator. Third, we propose cognitive reserve models of bilingualism describing analytical approaches that allow testing of these models and hypotheses related to path strength and causal relationships between predictors, moderators, and mediators. Lastly and most importantly, we suggest using large datasets available

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bilingual cognitive reservebilingual mediatorsbilingual moderatorscognitive reservemediating effectsmoderating effects

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PMID33101142
PMCPMC7554512

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