Brain bases of language selection: MEG evidence from Arabic-English bilingual language production.

ABSTRACT: Much of the world's population is bilingual, hence, language selection is a core component of language processing in a significant proportion of individuals. Though language selection has been investigated using artificial cues to language choice such as color, little is known about more ecologically valid cues. We examined with MEG the neurophysiological and behavioral effects of two natural cues: script and cultural context, hypothesizing the former to trigger more automatic language selection. Twenty Arabic-English bilinguals performed a number-naming task with a Match condition, where the cue and target language of response matched, and a Mismatch condition, with opposite instruction. The latter addressed the mechanisms responsible for overriding natural cue-language associations. Earl

SUBMITTER: Blanco-Elorrieta E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4318278 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature