Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits

Update: 2014-12-30

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Of studies presented at conferences, those that found a cognitive benefit to bilingualism were almost twice as likely to get published in journals as were studies finding no benefit. Karen Hopkin reports

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Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits

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Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits

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Publication Bias May Boost Findings for Bilingual Brain Benefits