The effect of domain-general inhibition-related training on language switching: An ERP study

Liu, Huanhuan; Liang, Lijuan; Dunlap, Susan; Fan, Ning; Chen, Baoguo

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2015.10.004

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“…The observed reversed language dominance in the behavioral data suggests that our bilinguals proactively lowered the availability of their L1 in a sustained fashion. As a consequence, and in line with earlier work (Liu et al, 2016;Peeters & Dijkstra, 2018), the present study therefore consistently observed enhanced positive amplitude for L2 trials compared to L1 trials in the late positive component. It has been argued that the LPC is sensitive to the selection of a lexical item in an intended language, i.e.…”

Section: Switching Languages Versus Switching Listenerssupporting

confidence: 93%

“…4 presents grand average waveforms for three more detailed comparisons in which L1 trials were compared to L2 trials for the three separate TrialType conditions (non-switch, listener switch, full switch). In all three comparisons, enhanced positive amplitude was observed for L2 trials compared to L1 trials in a time-window previously identified as showing a late positive component (e.g., Jackson et al, 2001;Liu et al, 2016;Martin et al, 2013). Cluster-based permutation testing suggested that the onset and duration of the effects of Language (enhanced positive amplitude for L2 vs L1) differed across the three comparisons.…”

Section: Error Rate Resultsmentioning

confidence: 71%

“…By zooming in on the onset and duration of the late positive component across L1 and L2 conditions, it will be possible to shed light on the timing and duration of the control processes involved during different types of switch. Additionally, assuming the replication of reversed language dominance (Peeters & Dijkstra, 2018) in the current study, enhanced positive ERP amplitude for the L2 compared to the L1 conditions should be observed (Liu et al, 2016;Peeters & Dijkstra, 2018), as it is sensitive to the selection of lexical items in an intended language (Martin et al, 2013). Timing differences in the onset of the late positive effect will therefore indicate that access to lexical representations may happen at different moments in time following language switches compared to following listener switches.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…In the temporal domain, several event-related potential (ERP) components have been found to be sensitive to both language-related and domain-general control processes. A distinction can be made between relatively early components, such as the N2, that have been linked to general cognitive control processes such as task schema competition (Jackson, Swainson, Cunnington, & Jackson, 2001;Liu, Liang, Dunlap, Fan, & Chen, 2016) and later components, such as the late positive component (LPC), that in the case of bilingual language production research have often been linked to lexical processes (Jackson et al, 2001;Liu et al, 2016;Martin et al, 2013). The recent virtual reality study discussed above provided indirect ERP evidence for overlap between language control and executive control in bilinguals.…”

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Bilingual switching between languages and listeners: Insights from immersive virtual reality

Peeters

2020

Cognition

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Perhaps the main advantage of being bilingual is the capacity to communicate with interlocutors that have different language backgrounds. In the life of a bilingual, switching interlocutors hence sometimes involves switching languages. We know that the capacity to switch from one language to another is supported by control mechanisms, such as task-set reconfiguration. This study investigates whether similar neurophysiological mechanisms support bilingual switching between different listeners, within and across languages. A group of 48 unbalanced Dutch-English bilinguals named pictures for two monolingual Dutch and two monolingual English life-size virtual listeners in an immersive virtual reality environment. In terms of reaction times, switching languages came at a cost over and above the significant cost of switching from one listener to another. Analysis of event-related potentials showed similar electrophysiological correlates for switching listeners and switching languages. However, it was found that having to switch listeners and languages at the same time delays the onset of lexical processes more than a switch between listeners within the same language. Findings are interpreted in light of the interplay between proactive (sustained inhibition) and reactive (task-set reconfiguration) control in bilingual speech production. It is argued that a possible bilingual advantage in executive control may not be due to the process of switching per se. This study paves the way for the study of bilingual language switching in ecologically valid, naturalistic, experimental settings. 1.1. Language switching: switch costs and reversed language dominance Bilinguals' ability to switch languages on the basis of an external cue has been investigated extensively in studies using the cued languageswitching paradigm (

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Section: Error Rate Resultsmentioning

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Section: The Present Studymentioning

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Bilingual switching between languages and listeners: Insights from immersive virtual reality

Peeters

2020

Cognition

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“…Sixty-six Chinese-English bilinguals were randomly assigned to the training group, the active control group, or the passive control group. The training group engaged in an eight-day training programme with a modified version of the Simon task (Liu et al, 2015); the active control group engaged in an eight-day training programme with a color judgment task that does not tap onto inhibitory control; and the control group did not receive any training between the pre-and posttraining testing sessions (Fig. 1).…”

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Inhibitory Control Training Reveals a Common Neurofunctional Basis for Generic Executive Functions and Language Switching in Bilinguals

Chen

Thierry

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Background: The neural networks underpinning language control and domain-general executive functions overlap in bilinguals, but existing evidence is mainly correlative. Here, we present the first neurofunctional evidence for a transfer effect between (domain-general) inhibitory control and language control through training. We trained Chinese-English bilinguals for 8 days using a Simon task taxing the inhibitory control system, whilst an active control group was trained with a color judgment task that does not tax the inhibitory control system. All participants performed a language-switching task before and after training.Results: The results showed a negative correlation between changes in activation levels in the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and changes in the switch cost magnitude in the language-switching task in the training group but not in the control group, suggesting that the DLPFC plays a critical role in the transfer effect from domain-general executive functions to language control. However, there was no measurable effect in the anterior cingulate cortex or left caudate nucleus, suggesting that the inhibitory control training increased the neural efficiency for language production in bilinguals in terms of attention shifting and conflict resolution, but the training did not affect conflict detection and lexical selection.Conclusion: These findings showed how cognitive training evidence can help establish a causational link between the neural basis of domain-general executive functions and language control in bilinguals.

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What Do Bilingual Models Tell Us About the Neurocognition of Multiple Languages?

Grant¹,

Legault²,

Li³

2019

The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism

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The effect of domain-general inhibition-related training on language switching: An ERP study

Cited by 70 publications

References 42 publications

Bilingual switching between languages and listeners: Insights from immersive virtual reality

Bilingual switching between languages and listeners: Insights from immersive virtual reality

Inhibitory Control Training Reveals a Common Neurofunctional Basis for Generic Executive Functions and Language Switching in Bilinguals

What Do Bilingual Models Tell Us About the Neurocognition of Multiple Languages?

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