Domain-general inhibition ability predicts the intensity of inhibition on non-target language in bilingual word production: An ERP study

Kang, Chunyan; Ma, Fengyang; Li, Shuhua; Kroll, Judith F.; Guo, Taomei

doi:10.1017/s1366728920000085

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“…Previous studies have found that processing Chinese character writing sequences might recruit executive functions as top-down modulation (Yu et al 2011). Therefore, based on our meta-analytic decoding of the fMRI results, after MRI scanning, participants were called back to perform a task switching task (Kang et al 2020) to verify the role of executive functions in processing of Chinese character writing sequences.…”

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The cortical organization of writing sequence: evidence from observing Chinese characters in motion

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Writing sequences play an important role in handwriting of Chinese characters. However, little is known regarding the integral brain patterns and network mechanisms of processing Chinese character writing sequences. The present study decoded brain patterns during observing Chinese characters in motion by using multi-voxel pattern analysis (MVPA), meta-analytic decoding analysis, and extended uni ed structural equation model (euSEM). We found that perception of Chinese character writing sequence recruited brain regions not only for general motor schema processing, i.e., the right inferior frontal gyrus, shifting and inhibition functions, i.e., the right postcentral gyrus and bilateral pre-SMA/dACC, but also for sensorimotor functions speci c for writing sequences. More importantly, these brain regions formed a cooperatively top-down brain network where information was transmitted from brain regions for general motor schema processing to those speci c for writing sequences. These ndings not only shed light on the neural mechanisms of Chinese character writing sequences, but also extend the hierarchical control model on motor schema processing.

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“…However, the literature indicates that there might also be some overlapping processes across language and executive control that occur after the target stimulus has been presented. Most prominently, a similar stimulus-locked N2 component has been observed in both language and task switching studies, which has generally been taken as an index of inhibitory control of the non-target language/task and conflict monitoring (e.g., Gaál & Czigler, 2015;Finke et al, 2012;Jackson et al, 2001;Kang et al, 2020). This component entails a larger negativity for switch trials than repetition trials and is usually found around 200-350 ms after stimulus presentation.…”

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“…Stimulus-locked ERPs in the language switching paradigm are less straightforward beyond the N2 component. Some studies have observed a late positive complex (LPC), characterized by a larger positivity over posterior sites for switch trials relative to repetition trials around 400-650 ms after stimulus presentation (e.g., Jackson et al, 2001;Liu et al, 2016;Martin et al, 2013), whereas others have found a widespread late switch-related negativity (Kang et al, 2020;Peeters, 2020;Peeters & Dijkstra, 2018). Task switching studies, on the other hand, tend to find evidence for a P3b component around 400-600 ms after stimulus onset (e.g., Barceló, 2003;Provost et al, 2018;Tieges et al, 2007; for a review, see Gajewski et al, 2018).…”

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“…Finally, if different control mechanisms are involved for language and task switching we might also expect a difference in a late time window of the picture-locked ERPs. Task switching studies tend to observe a modulation of the P3b component (for a review, see Gajewski et al, 2018), whereas the language switching literature has shown a switch-related modulation of the LPC (e.g., Jackson et al, 2001;Liu et al, 2016;Martin et al, 2013) or a late switch-related negativity (Kang et al, 2020;Peeters, 2020;Peeters & Dijkstra, 2018).…”

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On the Connection Between Language Control and Executive Control—An ERP Study

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Neurobiology of Language

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Models vary in the extent to which language control processes are domain general. Those that posit that language control is at least partially domain general insist on an overlap between language control and executive control at the goal level. To further probe whether or not language control is domain general, we conducted the first event-related potential (ERP) study that directly compares language-switch costs, as an index of language control, and task-switch costs, as an index of executive control. The language switching and task switching methodology were identical, except that the former required switching between languages (English or Spanish) whereas the latter required switching between tasks (color naming or category naming). This design allowed us to directly compare control processes at the goal level (cue-locked ERPs) and at the task performance level (picture-locked ERPs). We found no significant differences in the switch-related cue-locked and picture-locked ERP patterns across the language and task switching paradigms. These results support models of domain-general language control.

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“…;Miyake et al, 2000). Thus, the psychological mechanisms implicated in bilingual cognitive control are many and are frequently under debate (Costa et al, 2008;Declerck, 2020;Declerck et al, 2019;Kang et al, 2020;Ma et al, 2016). Neurally, there appears to be a broad network of brain regions involved in language control, including cortical regions (notably, frontal cortex), subcortical regions (notably, dorsal striatal regions: caudate and putamen) and cerebellar regions.…”

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Bilingualism: A Neurocognitive Exercise in Managing Uncertainty

Gullifer

Titone

2021

Neurobiology of Language

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Bilinguals have distinct linguistic experiences relative to monolinguals, stemming from interactions with the environment and individuals therein. Theories of language control hypothesize that these experiences play a role in adapting the neurocognitive systems responsible for control. Here we posit a potential mechanism for these adaptations, namely that bilinguals face additional language-related uncertainties on top of other ambiguities that regularly occur in language, such as lexical and syntactic competition. When faced with uncertainty in the environment, people adapt internal representations to lessen these uncertainties, which can aid in executive control and decision-making. We overview a cognitive framework on uncertainty, which we extend to language and bilingualism. We then review two “case studies” assessing language-related uncertainty for bilingual contexts using language entropy and network scientific approaches. Overall, we find that there is substantial individual variability in the extent to which people experience language related uncertainties in their environments, but also regularity across some contexts. This information, in turn, predicts cognitive adaptations associated with language fluency and engagement in proactive cognitive control strategies. These findings suggest that bilinguals adapt to the cumulative language-related uncertainties in the environment. We conclude by suggesting avenues for future research and links with other research domains. Ultimately, a focus on uncertainty will help bridge traditionally separate scientific domains, such as language processing, bilingualism, and decision-making.

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Domain-general inhibition ability predicts the intensity of inhibition on non-target language in bilingual word production: An ERP study

Cited by 23 publications

References 105 publications

The cortical organization of writing sequence: evidence from observing Chinese characters in motion

The cortical organization of writing sequence: evidence from observing Chinese characters in motion

On the Connection Between Language Control and Executive Control—An ERP Study

Bilingualism: A Neurocognitive Exercise in Managing Uncertainty

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