Monolinguals and bilinguals show similar within-language competitor activation during auditory word recognition¶
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q3 i? Both groups looked at phonological competitors more than controls between 200 and 933 ms post-stimulus onset, with no group difference. → Blumenfeld Henrike K.; Marian Viorica 2011
Evidence¶
Blumenfeld Henrike K.; Marian Viorica 2011¶
Blumenfeld Henrike K.; Marian Viorica. (2011). Bilingualism influences inhibitory control in auditory comprehension. Cognition. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582323/
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Eye-tracking experiment with 30 monolinguals and 30 bilinguals identifying spoken targets among four pictures. Competitor looks exceeded control looks: "participants looked at competitors on average 18.7% (SE = 0.8%) of the time and at controls on average 12.5% (SE = 0.5%) of the time". No main effect of group or condition-by-group interaction, p > .5.
"Within this time-window, participants looked at competitors on average 18.7% (SE = 0.8%) of the time and at controls on average 12.5% (SE = 0.5%) of the time, consistent with within-language co-activation effects found in previous eye-tracking studies"
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Related Claims¶
- Bilinguals maintain target activation longer than monolinguals after the activation peak — related
- Competitor activation relates to negative priming at different time windows in monolinguals and bilinguals — related
- Monolinguals but not bilinguals show residual inhibition of phonological competitors on negative-priming probes — related
- Target facilitation and competitor inhibition are strongly correlated in both groups — related
- Higher Spanish proficiency in bilinguals is associated with less residual competitor inhibition — related
- Socioeconomic status differences between bilingual and monolingual groups may determine study outcomes — related
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Monolinguals and bilinguals show similar within-language competitor activation during auditory word recognition |
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Monolinguals and bilinguals show similar within-language competitor activation during auditory word recognition |
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2011 |
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2016 |
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