Understanding language requires readers and listeners to cull meaning from fast-unfolding
messages that often contain conflicting cues pointing to incompatible ways of interpreting …

Proficient bilinguals use two languages actively, but the contexts in which they do so may
differ dramatically. The present study asked what consequences the contexts of language …

The study of how bilingualism is linked to cognitive processing, including executive
functioning, has historically focused on comparing bilinguals to monolinguals across a …

We investigated whether bilinguals' integration of a code-switch during real-time
comprehension, which involves resolving among conflicting linguistic representations …

Incremental language processing means that listeners confront temporary ambiguity about
how to structure the input, which can generate misinterpretations. In four “visual-world” …

Prior research suggests that cognitive control can assist the comprehension of sentences
that create conflict between interpretations, at least under some circumstances. However …

Bilinguals experience processing costs when comprehending code-switches, yet the
magnitude of the cost fluctuates depending on numerous factors. We tested whether switch …

Children must necessarily process their input in order to learn it, yet the architecture of the
developing parsing system and how it interfaces with acquisition is unclear. In the current …

Agrammatic or asyntactic comprehension is a common language impairment in aphasia. We
considered three possible hypotheses about the underlying cause of this deficit, namely …

Bilinguals learn to resolve conflict between their two languages and that skill has been
hypothesized to create long-term adaptive changes in cognitive functioning. Yet, little is …