Browsing BCBL-Publications by Author "Bajo, Maria Teresa"

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      Emergent Bilingualism and Working Memory Development in School Aged Children 

      Hansen, Laura Birke; Macizo, Pedro; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni; Saldaña, David; Carreiras, Manuel; Fuentes, Luis J.; Bajo, Maria Teresa (Language Learning, 2016)
      The present research explores working memory (WM) development in monolingual as well as emergent bilingual children immersed in an L2 at school. Evidence from recent years suggests that bilingualism may boost domain-general ...
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      Genetic association study of dyslexia and ADHD candidate genes in a Spanish cohort: Implications of comorbid samples 

      Sánchez-Morán, Mirian; Hernández, Juan Andrés; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni; Estévez, Adelina; Bárcena, Laura; González-Lahera, Aintzane; Bajo, Maria Teresa; Fuentes, Luis J.; Aransay Bañares, Ana María; Carreiras, Manuel (PLOS ONE, 2018)
      Dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are two complex neuro-behaviorally disorders that co-occur more often than expected, so that reading disability has been linked to inattention symptoms. We ...
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      Reading comprehension and immersion schooling: evidence from component skills 

      Hansen, Laura Birke; Morales, Julia; Macizo, Pedro; Duñaabeitia, Jon Andoni; Saldaña, David; Carreiras, Manuel; Fuentes, Luis J.; Bajo, Maria Teresa (Developmental Science, 2017)
      The present research aims to assess literacy acquisition in children becoming bilingual via second language immersion in school. We adopt a cognitive components approach, assessing text-level reading comprehension, a ...