Post date: Nov 14, 2013 4:42:03 AM
The Effects of English-Spanish Bilingualism on Assessing Attention
Christopher Koch & Remi Gentry
George Fox University
Abstract: Nonverbal tasks attempt to minimize the effect of language on performance. Fifteen Spanish-English bilingual and 34 English monolingual college students completed English and Spanish versions of the Color and Word Stroop Test (CWST) and the Nonverbal Stroop Card Sorting Test (NSCST). Both groups showed significant interference on the CWST with bilinguals being slower on the Spanish version than the English version. Likewise, both groups showed significant interference on the NSCST with bilinguals being slower, especially for the incongruent condition. Covarying color naming eliminated this interaction suggesting that it may be a mitigating variable in Stroop interference.
Poster presented at the21st Annual Conference on Object Perception, Attention, and Memory. November 14, 2013 (Toronto)