Abstract Language processing is cognitively demanding, requiring attentional resources to
efficiently select and extract linguistic information as utterances unfold. Previous research …

The nature of bilingual cognitive processing advantages and disadvantages can be used to
constrain models of bilingual language processing and to highlight aspects of cognitive …

This collection of 33 papers represents the most current thinking andresearch on the study of
cognitive processing in bilingual individuals. Thecontributors include well-known figures in …

Psycholinguistic and neurocognitive approaches to bilingualism/multilingualism and
language acquisition continue to gain momentum and uncover valuable findings explaining …

Research on the relationship between language and cognition in bilinguals has often
focused on general effects that are common to bilinguals of all language backgrounds, such …

The cognitive and linguistic processes involved in the acquisition and use of two languages
are systematically different from those processes engaged in monolingual language use …

It has been well established that persons with two or more spoken languages1 activate the
various languages they are familiar with when producing or comprehending one of them. In …

Psycholinguistics–the field of science that examines the mental processes and knowledge
structures involved in the acquisition, comprehension, and production of language–had a …

Recent evidence demonstrates that American Sign Language (ASL) signs are active during
print word recognition in deaf bilinguals who are highly proficient in both ASL and English. In …

Bilingual individuals need effective mechanisms to prevent interference between their
languages. Using event-related brain potentials (ERPs) and functional magnetic resonance …