Classes in Translating and Interpreting Produce Differential Gains in Switching and Updating.

ABSTRACT: The present longitudinal study was intended to investigate whether the two bilingual experiences of written translation and consecutive interpreting (featured with similar language switching experience but different processing demands) would produce different cognitive control effects in young adults. Three groups of Chinese-English young adult bilinguals, who differed mainly in their half-year long bilingual experience: one for general L2 training, one for written translation and one for oral consecutive interpreting, were tested twice on the number Stroop, switching color-shape and N-back tasks. The results show that the interpreting experience produced significant cognitive advantages in switching (switch cost) and updating, while the translating experience produced marginally significa

SUBMITTER: Dong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003826 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature