Language as a cultural trigger: a study of pointing gestures in Bengali-English bilinguals [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyAlthough gesture research in bilingualism has predominantly focused on iconic and metaphoric gestures, pointing behaviors remain understudied. This study investigates whether Bengali-English bilinguals adjust pointing when switching languages, given the ...
Xuan Wang
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation over the Left Inferior Parietal Lobule Facilitates Early-Stage Processing During Natural Chinese–English Bilingual Reading [PDF]
Brain SciencesBackground: Proficient second language (L2) reading relies on complex neurocognitive processes. Neuroimaging studies have identified key brain regions recruited during L2 reading, including the left inferior parietal lobule (LIPL) and the calcarine ...
Junjie Wu +5 more
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Shared and divergent patterns in narrative skills: comparing English monolingual and Japanese–English bilingual children [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyNarrative production requires coordinating lexical, grammatical, and discourse skills. For bilingual children, these abilities develop across two languages, influencing how resources are used during storytelling.
Richy Lewis Hayes, Pui Fong Kan
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Bilingualism and executive functions in preschoolers: A review of the research progress
Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2022 Cognitive development and bilingualism in preschool childhood have recently become the pivotal research issues. This article is a brief review of the major studies covering the problem of how bilingualism influences both cognitive development and ...
A.A. Tvardovskaya +2 more
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Effect of Second Language Proficiency on Inhibitory Control in the Simon Task: An fMRI Study
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 How learning a second language (L2) changes our brain has been an important question in neuroscience. Previous neuroimaging studies with different ages and language pairs spoken by bilinguals have consistently shown plastic changes in brain systems ...
Fanlu Jia
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Morphological Priming Effects in L2 English Verbs for Japanese-English Bilinguals
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 For native (L1) English readers, masked presentations of past-tense verb primes (e.g., fell and looked) produce faster lexical decision latencies to their present-tense targets (e.g., FALL and LOOK) than orthographically related (e.g., fill and loose) or
Jessie Wanner-Kawahara +5 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic has brought severe impact on language learners' emotional states and their performance in creativity. Yet, their ability to regulate emotions is crucial for everyday functioning during times of crisis.
Yilong Yang +7 more
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Bilingual education/bilingualism [PDF]
Language Teaching, 2002 02–207 Brohy, Claudine (Institut de Recherche et Documentation Pédagogique (IRDP), Neuchâtel, Switzerland; Email: claudine.brohy@unifr.ch). Generic and/or specific advantages of bilingualism in a dynamic plurilingual situation: the case of French as official L3 in the School of Samedan (Switzerland).
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The influence of bilingualism on gray matter volume in the course of aging: a longitudinal study
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023 BackgroundBilingualism is associated with higher gray matter volume (GMV) as a form of brain reserve in brain regions such as the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and the inferior parietal lobule (IPL). A recent cross-sectional study reported the age-related
Katharina Peitz +12 more
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Exploring the cultural intelligence levels of bilinguals and multilinguals
Glottodidactica, 2023 There have been numerous studies conducted on the importance of multiple intelligence levels of learners and the significance of language learning. By contrast, this study dwells on exploring cultural intelligence, its components and the relationship ...
Kübra Aksak, Feryal Çubukçu
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