Behavioral and oscillatory signatures of switch costs in highly proficient bilinguals

P Timofeeva, I Quiñones, S Geng, A de Bruin… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Bilinguals with a high proficiency in their first (L1) and second language (L2) often show
comparable reaction times when switching from their L1 to L2 and vice-versa (“symmetrical …

Unveiling the neuroplastic capacity of the bilingual brain: insights from healthy and pathological individuals

I Quiñones, S Gisbert-Muñoz, L Amoruso… - Brain Structure and …, 2024 - Springer
Research on the neural imprint of dual-language experience, crucial for understanding how
the brain processes dominant and non-dominant languages, remains inconclusive …

Activating words without language: beta and theta oscillations reflect lexical access and control processes during verbal and non-verbal object recognition tasks

FM Branzi, CD Martin, E Biau - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The intention to name an object modulates neural responses during object recognition
tasks. However, the nature of this modulation is still unclear. We established whether a core …

Switching off: disruptive TMS reveals distinct contributions of the posterior middle temporal gyrus and angular gyrus to bilingual speech production

P Timofeeva, A Finisguerra, G D'Argenio… - Cerebral …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The role of the left temporoparietal cortex in speech production has been extensively studied
during native language processing, proving crucial in controlled lexico-semantic retrieval …

Early language dissociation in bilingual minds: magnetoencephalography evidence through a machine learning approach

N Molinaro, S Nara, M Carreiras - Cerebral Cortex, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Does neural activity reveal how balanced bilinguals choose languages? Despite using
diverse neuroimaging techniques, prior studies haven't provided a definitive solution to this …

Early language dissociation in the bilingual mind: Sensor-level MEG evidence

N Molinaro, S Nara, M Carreiras - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Is language selection decodable from neural activity in balanced bilinguals? Previous
research employing various neuroimaging methods has not yielded a conclusive answer to …

Neural dynamics supporting longitudinal plasticity of action naming across languages: MEG evidence from bilingual brain tumor patients

S Geng, I Quiñones, S Gil-Robles, ICP Gastelu… - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous evidence suggests that distinct ventral and dorsal streams respectively underpin
the semantic processing of object and action knowledge. Recently, we found that brain …

Transformer-based Model Captures Neural Representation Differences between Nouns and Verbs in Spoken Narratives

Y Wang, J Zhang, S Tu, C Luo - 2024 46th Annual International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nouns and verbs constitute the fundamental elements of human language systems.
Abundant studies have demonstrated that nouns and verbs exhibit different representations …

Sobre la posible naturaleza discreta de las categorías léxicas: Evidencias del estudio psico-y neurolingüístico

M del Carmen Horno-Chéliz - Borealis–An International Journal of …, 2024 - septentrio.uit.no
Dentro del debate clásico entre la naturaleza discreta o continua de los fenómenos
lingüísticos, existe una controversia acerca de la relación que mantienen entre sí las …

A multimodal imaging approach to foreign accent syndrome. A case report

G Demichelis, D Duran, G Ciullo, L Lorusso, S Zago… - Neurocase, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article describes a case of Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) in an Italian woman who
developed a Canadian-like foreign accent without brain damage (functional FAS). The …