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Domain-general and language-related inhibition: What L2 comprehension can tell us about executive function skill in bilinguals
Megan Zirnstein (Pennsylvania State University), Janet G. Van Hell (Pennsylvania State University, Radboud University Nijmegen), & Judith F. Kroll (Pennsylvania State University) [email protected] Inhibitory control; L2 comprehension; Letter fluency; ERPs Bilingual experience has been shown to have an impact on executive function skill across the lifespan. A majority of the research on this topic, however, […]
Individual differences in proactive and reactive control processes in bilinguals
Alexandre Chauvin (Concordia University) & Natalie Phillips (Concordia University) [email protected] Bilingualism; Bilingual advantage; Cognitive control; Executive control; Code-switching; Event-related brain potentials (ERP); Individual differences Evidence suggests that bilinguals exhibit superior cognitive control compared to monolinguals by using a flexible combination of proactive processes (monitoring for relevant cues) and reactive processes (inhibiting irrelevant information) to cope […]
Cortical thickness in the cognitive control network, task switching, and bilingualism
Kelly A. Vaughn (University of Houston), Aurora I. Ramos-Nuñez (University of Houston), Maya R. Greene (University of Houston), David Vasquez (University of California-Riverside), Adam Felton (University of California-Riverside), Christine Chiarello (University of California-Riverside), & Arturo E. Hernandez (University of Houston) [email protected] Cortical thickness; task switching; bilingual; inferior parietal lobule Previous research involving patients with brain […]
Executive Function and Second Language Phonological Processing
Brandin Munson, Pilar Archila-Suerte and Arturo Hernandez (The University of Houston) [email protected] Executive function; fMRI; L1-L2 processing; Speech Perception; Spanish English This fMRI study investigated neural activity evoked by L2 speech syllables in brain regions of executive function typically recruited by bilinguals in cognitive control tasks. The main areas examined were the bilateral anterior cingulate, […]
Multilingualism and cognitive reserve: Evidence from cortical thickness and tissue density
Hilary D. Duncan (Concordia University), Jim Nikelski (Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research), Randi Pilon (Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research), Victor Whitehead (Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research), Howard Chertkow (McGill University, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research), & Natalie Phillips (Concordia University, Centre for Research in Human Development, Lady Davis Institute for Medical […]
Structural and Functional Differences between Monolingual and Bilingual Young Adults
Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim (York University), Matthias Berkes (York University), Laura Mesite (Harvard Graduate School of Education), Buddhika Bellana (Baycrest Rotman Research Institute), Gigi Luk (Harvard Graduate School of Education), and Ellen Bialystok (York University) [email protected] Bilingualism; Task switching; fMRI; White matter; TBSS Previous research has reported behavioral differences between monolingual and bilingual participants in executive control […]
