Research has established that knowledge and use of more than one language
fundamentally changes how a speaker and/or listener processes language. This chapter …

An aim of research on bilingualism is to understand how the brain adapts to the use of more
than one language. Although several important discoveries and insights about the …

This chapter discusses recent findings that demonstrate how variability in the linguistic
experiences of bilingual speakers and in the ability of bilingual speakers to learn from these …

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

Coderre reviews the cognitive and neural effects of bilingualism, beginning with an overview
of how and where language is processed in the monolingual brain, and then extending this …

How do the two languages of bilingual individuals interact in everyday communication?
Numerous behavioral-and event-related brain potential studies have suggested that …

A key question in bilingual language production research is how bilingual individuals control
the use of their two languages. The psycholinguistic literature concerning language control …

Bilingualism has been shown to influence a variety of cognitive functions, most notably
lexical processing and cognitive control. These effects are both detrimental and …

How does a human acquire, comprehend, produce and control multiple languages with just
the power of one mind? What are the cognitive consequences of being a bilingual? These …

Understanding the cognitive and brain mechanisms supporting bilingual speech production
has been a topic of scientific inquiry for several decades. Over the years, the field of …