When interlocutor's face-language matching alters: An ERP study on face contexts and bilingual language control in mixed-language picture naming.

ABSTRACT: The present study used event-related potentials (ERP) to examine Chinese-English bilinguals' reactive and proactive language control as they performed mixed-language picture naming with face cues. All participants named pictures in Chinese (first language, L1) and English (second language, L2) across three sessions: a 25% face-language matched session, a baseline session without face cues, and a 75% face-language matched session. Behavioral analyses for reactive language control showed that the asymmetrical switch cost was larger for L2 than L1 in the 25% session and for L1 than L2 in the 75% session. ERP results revealed more negative N2 and LPC during L1 switching in 25% session but enhanced N2 during L2 switching in 75% session. Similar N2 and LPC effect was found during L1 and L2 switc

SUBMITTER: Zhuang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10078986 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature