Learning to process speech in a foreign language involves learning new representations for
mapping the auditory signal to linguistic structure. Behavioral experiments suggest that even …

Evidence from various empirical study types have converged to show bilingualism's
potential for serving as a cognitive and brain reserves contributor. In this article, I …

The present study introduces systematic data on the cognitive and linguistic abilities of
refugee children. We tested 9–10 year-old Syrian refugee children (N= 25) on their cognitive …

Bilingualism is thought to confer advantages in executive functioning, thereby contributing to
cognitive reserve and a later age of dementia symptom onset. While the relation between …

Individual differences in using multiple languages are thought to differentially affect brain
structure and function. The present study assessed the neuroanatomical predictions of an …

The extent to which the grammar of one dialect influences the grammar of another and the
mechanisms that bidialectal speakers employ to distinguish a target grammar from non …

Bilinguals activate both of their languages as they process written words, regardless of
modality (spoken or signed); these effects have primarily been documented in single word …

In adulthood, novel words are commonly encountered in the context of sequential language
learning, and to a lesser extent, when learning a new word in one's native language. Paired …

The study evaluated whether the direction (inhibitory or facilitative) of the phonological
neighborhood density effect in English spoken word recognition was modulated by the …

Twenty-five L1 Nepali speaking participants living in Trondheim, Norway who spoke English
as L2 and Norwegian as L3 (late adult learners) participated in this study. Participants' L2 …