First and second languages differentially affect rationality when making decisions: An ERP study

Liu, Linyan; Schwieter, John W.; Wang, Fenqi; Liu, Huanhuan

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108265

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“…However, evidence suggests that even when non-L1 becomes highly proficient and predominantly used, L1 may be more resilient against brain-related deterioration. The special status of the firstacquired language evident in the lesion studies is consistent with findings from other disciplines, including, for example, the differential patterns found for emotional processing in the first-acquired language (e.g., Hadden et al 2020;Liu et al 2022;Sulpizio et al 2019).…”

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What Can Aphasia Tell Us about How the First-Acquired Language Is Instantiated in the Brain?

Goral

2022

Languages

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Recent neurolinguistic theories converge on the hypothesis that the languages of multilingual people are processed as one system in the brain. One system for the multiple languages is also at the core of a translanguaging framework of multilingualism—a framework that focuses on each speaker’s complete linguistic repertoire rather than on the separate languages they know. However, evidence from neuroimaging studies suggests at least some nonoverlapping activations of the first-acquired language (L1) and other (non-L1) languages of multilingual people, especially when the age of acquisition and/or levels of proficiency differ across the languages. Neurolinguistic studies of acquired language disorders have demonstrated that in multilingual people who experience language impairments due to brain lesion, L1 may be less impaired or better recovered than non-L1. This paper explores the evidence available to date from the study of acquired language impairment regarding this potential primacy of the first-acquired language. Findings suggest that L1 may be better preserved in many instances of language impairment, challenging the theory of a single system for multiple languages.

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What Can Aphasia Tell Us about How the First-Acquired Language Is Instantiated in the Brain?

Goral

2022

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“…These observations have been referred to as the foreign language effect (Cipolletti et al, 2016; Circi et al, 2021; Costa et al, 2014; Hayakawa et al, 2016; Keysar et al, 2012; Korn et al, 2019; Liu et al, 2020). Unraveling how L1s and L2s differentially affect decision‐making is key to unveiling the mechanisms underlying the foreign language effect (Liu et al, 2022).…”

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“…Unraveling how L1s and L2s differentially affect decisionmaking is key to unveiling the mechanisms underlying the foreign language effect (Liu et al, 2022).…”

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Uncovering the effects of bilingual language control on rational decisions: An ERP study

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A growing body of research suggests that the language in which bilinguals make decisions affects the rationality of such decisions. Furthermore, bilinguals constantly confront cross‐language interference that requires complex language control processes to resolve this competition. However, the relationship between language control and decision‐making is unclear. In the current study, we analyze electrophysiological and behavior data elicited from two groups of Chinese‐English bilinguals. One group was trained in intensive language switching and then completed the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and the other group completed the two tasks in the reverse order. We found that bilinguals who first received language switching training significantly scored higher on the IGT, with the score positively correlating with L1 and L2 switch costs. More importantly, training with language switching first led to an N2 component for L1 switching costs that negatively correlated with both loss feedback‐related negativity and the P3 component. These effects did not emerge among the group of bilinguals who performed the IGT first. Taken together, the findings suggest that bilinguals are assisted in making rational decisions by language control on feedback evaluation.

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“…The amplitude accounts for the amount of attentional resources allocated to the task [ 32 ]. The P300 component is related to decision evaluation [ 33 , 34 , 35 ]. This component reflects motivational significance induced by the stimulus.…”

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The Neural Response Process of Cognitive Decision Making: An ERP Study

Gao

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Cognitive decision has the basic characteristics of risk avoidance and benefit seeking. To explore the neural response process of cognitive decision making, we asked 32 undergraduates to make a decision on whether to accept a specific treatment option with a certain cure rate and a certain risk rate while recording their electrical brain responses. The results showed that more participants chose the treatment option with a high cure rate and moderate or low risk. Compared with low and high risk, medium risk produced greater N1 and smaller P300. Low risk produced larger LPP than the moderate risk in the left hemisphere. The right prefrontal region appeared to have a smaller LPP for low risk than for high risk. The results suggest that individuals prioritize risk when making cognitive decisions. In addition, in medium-risk conditions, solution integration is more difficult. The effect of benefit size appears at the late stage of cognitive decision making and adjusts the effect of risk. These results support the satisfaction principle of decision making.

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First and second languages differentially affect rationality when making decisions: An ERP study

Cited by 12 publications

References 84 publications

What Can Aphasia Tell Us about How the First-Acquired Language Is Instantiated in the Brain?

What Can Aphasia Tell Us about How the First-Acquired Language Is Instantiated in the Brain?

Uncovering the effects of bilingual language control on rational decisions: An ERP study

The Neural Response Process of Cognitive Decision Making: An ERP Study

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