Electrophysiological Correlates of Error Monitoring and Feedback Processing in Second Language Learning.

ABSTRACT: Humans monitor their behavior to optimize performance, which presumably relies on stable representations of correct responses. During second language (L2) learning, however, stable representations have yet to be formed while knowledge of the first language (L1) can interfere with learning, which in some cases results in persistent errors. In order to examine how correct L2 representations are stabilized, this study examined performance monitoring in the learning process of second language learners for a feature that conflicts with their first language. Using EEG, we investigated if L2 learners in a feedback-guided word gender assignment task showed signs of error detection in the form of an error-related negativity (ERN) before and after receiving feedback, and how feedback is processed. T

SUBMITTER: Bultena S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5277024 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature