Publications

Articles

Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Zimiga, B., Mason, L., & Mikulinsky, R. (2020). Interference scores have inadequate concurrent and convergent validity: Should we stop using the flanker, Simon, and spatial Stroop tasks? Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5. PDF

 

Mason, L. A., Zimiga, B. M., Anders-Jefferson, R., & Paap, K. R. (2020). Autism traits predict self-reported executive functioning deficits in everyday life and an aversion to exercise. Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersPDF

 

Paap, K. R., Myuz, H., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mason, L., & Zimiga, B. (2019). On the ambiguity regarding the relationship between sequential congruency effects, bilingual advantages in cognitive control, and the disengagement of attention. AIMS neuroscience, 6(4), 282.  PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Mason, L. A., Zimiga, B. M., Ayala-Silva, Y., Frost, M. M., Gonzalez, M., & Primero, L. (2019). Other Language Proficiency Predicts Unique Variance in Verbal Fluency Not Accounted for Directly by Target Language Proficiency: Cross-Language Interference?. Brain sciences, 9(8), 175. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mikulinsky, R., Masuda, S., & Mason, L. (2019). On the encapsulation of bilingual language control. Journal of Memory and Language, 105, 76-92. PDF

 

Paap, K., & Sawi, O. (2018). Corrigendum to" The role of test-retest reliability in measuring individual and group differences"[Journal of Neuroscience Methods 274 (2016) 81-93]. Journal of neuroscience methods, 307, 260-260. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Anders-Jefferson, R., Mason, L., Alvarado, K., & Zimiga, B. (2018). Bilingual advantages in inhibition or selective attention: More challenges. Frontiers in psychology, 9, 1409. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Myuz, H. A., Anders, R. T., Bockelman, M. F., Mikulinsky, R., & Sawi, O. M. (2017). No compelling evidence for a bilingual advantage in switching or that frequent language switching reduces switch cost. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 29(2), 89-112. PDF

 

Paap, K., & Sawi, O. (2016). The role of test-retest reliability in measuring individual and group differences. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 274, 81-93. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Johnson, H. A., & Sawi, O. (2016). Should the search for bilingual advantages in executive functioning continue? Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 74, 305–314. PDF

 

Paap, K. R. (2016). The neuroanatomy of bilingualism: will winds of change lift the fog?. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 31(3), 331-334. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Johnson, H. A., & Sawi, O. (2015). Bilingual advantages in executive functioning either do not exist or are restricted to very specific and undetermined circumstances. Cortex, 69, 265-278. PDF

 

R. Paap, K., M. Sawi, O., Dalibar, C., Darrow, J., & A. Johnson, H. (2015). Beyond Panglossian Optimism: Larger N2 Amplitudes Probably Signal a Bilingual Disadvantage in Conflict Monitoring. AIMS Neuroscience, 2(1), 1–6. PDF

 

R. Paap, K., M. Sawi, O., Dalibar, C., Darrow, J., & A. Johnson, H. (2014). The Brain Mechanisms Underlying the Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism may be Extraordinarily Difficult to Discover. AIMS Neuroscience, 1(3), 245–256. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., & Sawi, O. (2014). Bilingual advantages in executive functioning: problems in convergent validity, discriminant validity, and the identification of the theoretical constructs. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 962. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Johnson, H. A., & Sawi, O. (2014). Are bilingual advantages dependent upon specific tasks or specific bilingual experiences?. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(6), 615-639. PDF

 

Paap, K. R. (2014). The role of componential analysis, categorical hypothesising, replicability and confirmation bias in testing for bilingual advantages in executive functioning. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(3), 242-255. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., & Liu, Y. (2014). Conflict resolution in sentence processing is the same for bilinguals and monolinguals: The role of confirmation bias in testing for bilingual advantages. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 27(1), 50-74. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., & Partridge, D. (2014). Recursion isn’t necessary for human language processing: NEAR (Non-iterative Explicit Alternatives Rule) grammars are superior. Minds and Machines, 24(4), 389-414. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., Darrow, J., Dalibar, C., & Johnson, H. A. (2014). Effects of script similarity on bilingual advantages in executive control are likely to be negligible or null. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1539. PDF

 

Paap, K. R. (2014). Do many hones dull the bilingual whetstone. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18(01), 41-42. PDF

 

Paap, K. R., & Greenberg, Z. I. (2013). There is no coherent evidence for a bilingual advantage in executive processing. Cognitive psychology, 66(2), 232-258. PDF