Dual-tasking while using two languages: Examining the cognitive resource demands of cued and voluntary language production in bilinguals.

ABSTRACT: The way bilinguals switch languages can differ depending on the context. In cued dual-language environments, bilinguals select a language in response to environmental cues (e.g., a monolingual conversation partner). In voluntary dual-language environments, bilinguals communicating with people who speak the same languages can use their languages more freely. The control demands of these types of language-production contexts, and the costs of language switches, have been argued to differ (Adaptive Control Hypothesis). Here, we used a dual-task paradigm to examine how cued and voluntary bilingual production differ in cognitive resources used. Forty Mandarin-English bilinguals completed two language-switching paradigms as the primary task; one in response to cues and one while using two langua

SUBMITTER: de Bruin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10880414 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature