ABSTRACT
Bilingualism is considered an essential ability for people to adapt to both academia and day-to-day life. Recent studies focus on bilinguals’ and monolinguals’ differences in executive functions. The advantages and disadvantages are discussed and argued in many studies. However, related studies still have blanks for bilinguals’ inhibitory control ability. Although inhibitory control ability accounts for a small part of an individual's executive function, it affects a person's mind and brain function. At the same time, the age of bilinguals cannot be neglected since it affects the process of learning and maintaining languages. This study will focus on the relationship between age and the inhibitory control function of individuals and find how age influences a bilingual's inhibitory control ability. This study discovered that bilinguals have stronger inhibitory control abilities than monolinguals after analyzing multiple studies. Age affects the formation and maintenance of individuals’ executive control and especially inhibitory control ability. It provides a more comprehensive idea for future exploration in bilinguals’ cognitive ability study in the direction of age and inhibitory control.
