The Role of Cognitive Control in Bilingual Code-Switch Comprehension
| dc.contributor.advisor | Novick, Jared | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Salig, Lauren | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Neuroscience and Cognitive Science | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-22T05:39:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-22T05:39:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Bilinguals experience a conflict when comprehending a sentence that code-switches from one language to another. However, why bilinguals experience conflict during code-switch comprehension is unclear. This study asks: Does being in a cognitive state conducive to resolving conflict help bilinguals read code-switches faster? If so, it would indicate that comprehending a code-switch involves conflict at an early lexical/syntactic level because faster resolution of the conflict would facilitate faster code-switch reading. 101 Spanish-English bilinguals completed Flanker-arrow trials to manipulate their engagement of cognitive control—which regulates conflict detection and resolution. Immediately after this cognitive-control manipulation, bilinguals read code-switched or unilingual sentences. Having cognitive control engaged prior to encountering a code-switch did not result in faster reading of code-switches. This finding provides preliminary evidence that reading a code-switch may not involve conflict at a lexical/syntactic level. Future work should further investigate the type of conflict that bilinguals encounter during code-switch comprehension. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/sbze-33oa | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/27971 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Cognitive psychology | en_US |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Language | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | bilingual | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | code-switch | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | cognitive control | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | comprehension | en_US |
| dc.subject.pquncontrolled | executive function | en_US |
| dc.title | The Role of Cognitive Control in Bilingual Code-Switch Comprehension | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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