Investigating the modulation of stimulus types on language switching costs: Do semantic and repetition priming effect matter?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the present study, I investigated the influence of stimulus types on bilingual control in the language switching process. The commonly employed stimuli in language switching studies - Arabic digits and objects - were compared to further investigate the way in which inhibitory control could be modulated by semantic and repetition priming effects. The digit stimuli have two unique characteristics in the language switching paradigm, for example, they are present repeatedly and are semantically related to each other, compared with pictural stimuli. Thus, these unique characteristics might influence the operation of inhibitory control in bilingual language production, modulating the size and asymmetry of switching costs.

Methods

Two picture control sets were set u

SUBMITTER: Shen Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10149912 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature