Infants raised in bilingual homes redirect attention faster than infants raised in monolingual homes. How can mere exposure to a bilingual environment affect an infant's cognitive development? The more complex language environment may drive infants to explore (gather more information from) their visual environment to facilitate learning.
Keywords: bilingual; bilingual advantage; cognitive development; exploration–exploitation; infant; language.
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