Predicting syntactic structure

F Ferreira, Z Qiu - Brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
Prediction in language processing has been a topic of major interest in psycholinguistics for
at least the last two decades, but most investigations focus on semantic rather than syntactic …

On the need for theoretically guided approaches to possible bilingual advantages: An evaluation of the potential loci in the language and executive control systems

E Blanco-Elorrieta, A Caramazza - Neurobiology of Language, 2021 - direct.mit.edu
Whether a cognitive advantage exists for bilingual individuals has been the source of heated
debate in the last decade. While empirical evidence putatively in favor of or against this …

The relationship between cognitive control and second language proficiency

A Luque, K Morgan-Short - Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2021 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, the field of bilingualism has made a substantial effort to better
understand the set of cognitive mechanisms that allow bilinguals to functionally manage and …

Bilingualism contributes to reserve and working memory efficiency: Evidence from structural and functional neuroimaging

JAE Anderson, JG Grundy, CL Grady, FIM Craik… - Neuropsychologia, 2021 - Elsevier
This study compared brain and behavioral outcomes for monolingual and bilingual older
adults who reported no cognitive or memory problems on three types of memory that …

An eye-tracking study of attention to visual cues in L2 listening tests

AO Batty - Language Testing, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Nonverbal and other visual cues are well established as a critical component of human
communication. Under most circumstances, visual information is available to aid in the …

The bilingual structural connectome: Dual-language experiential factors modulate distinct cerebral networks

D Fedeli, N Del Maschio, S Sulpizio, J Rothman… - Brain and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bilingualism is a natural laboratory for studying whether the brain's structural connectome is
influenced by different aspects of language experience. However, evidence on how distinct …

The role of crosslinguistic influence in multilingual processing: Lexicon versus syntax

S Lago, M Mosca, A Stutter Garcia - Language Learning, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multilingual research could offer a unique perspective on how the languages already
acquired by a person affect the online processing of a new language. But it is currently …

Language development in deaf bilinguals: Deaf middle school students co-activate written English and American Sign Language during lexical processing

A Villwock, E Wilkinson, P Piñar, JP Morford - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
Bilinguals, both hearing and deaf, activate multiple languages simultaneously even in
contexts that require only one language. To date, the point in development at which bilingual …

Poorer clinical outcomes for older adult monolinguals when matched to bilinguals on brain health

M Berkes, N Calvo, JAE Anderson, E Bialystok… - Brain Structure and …, 2021 - Springer
Previous studies have reported bilingualism to be a proxy of cognitive reserve (CR) based
on evidence that bilinguals express dementia symptoms~ 4 years later than monolinguals …

Capturing the variation in language experience to understand language processing and learning

JF Kroll, A Takahesu Tabori… - Language, Interaction …, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
A goal of early research on language processing was to characterize what is universal about
language. Much of the past research focused on native speakers because the native …