Preschool bilingualism
Concordia in the news
Posted on January 14, 2015
Researchers in the news
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- Numerous media pick up a story about research into how bilingualism impacts on children's cognitive development and their perception of how certain traits are learned, rather than innate.The study is co-authored by assistant professor in the psychology department Krista Byers-Heinlein and psychology undergraduate student Bianca Garcia. The initial Concordia News item is picked up by EurekAlert, Science Newsline,Science Daily, Health Canal, News 8 India, Business Standard,(e)Science News, Z News India, Topix, Jersey Tribune, Lockerdome,Yahoo, My Informs, Medical Xpress, psych-assist.com, theneeds.com,New Day, Chennaionline, Newhub (English), Tasnim, Failed Messiah,CyperPunk, Big News Network, Macro Insider, Vancouver Desi and Bio Portfolio. The research is also mentioned online by The Boston Globe, and is picked up in French by tvanouvelles.ca, Canoe and AMEQ. The original study is posted by Academia.