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SUMMARY: Sources of Variability in Language Activation and Control in Span
 ish/English bilinguals and L2 learners - Teresa Bajo\, Center for Mind\, B
 rain and Behaviour\, University of Granada
DTSTART:20180301T160000Z
DTEND:20180301T173000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Calbert Graham
DESCRIPTION:Proactive and reactive attentional processes have been propose
 d as candidate mechanisms for language control in bilingual language selec
 tion (Braver\, 2012\; Morales\, Yudes\, Gómez-Ariza & Bajo\, 2015). In fa
 ct\, the bilingual’s superiority in some cognitive tasks has been associ
 ated to the use of language control mechanisms that act to prevent interfe
 rence from the unintended language (e.g. Bialystok\, Craik & Luk\, 2012). 
 In the present investigation\, we provide data suggesting that in many sit
 uations language control is achieved by means of inhibitory mechanisms (re
 active control) that suppress activation of the non-target language\, but 
 that there also situations where control is achieved by using proactive st
 rategies for language selection. By using procedures that permit to asses 
 both activation and inhibition of the non-intended language (negative prim
 ing with interlingual homograpghs\, repeated naming and recall\, etc.)\, w
 e provide data indicating that inhibitory/proactive effects are not always
  evident and that their presence depends on the activation of the non-inte
 nded language and on the bilinguals’ language experience. Thus\, in agre
 ement with some theoretical proposals (Green & Abulatebi\, 2013) our data 
 suggests that factors such as L2 fluency\, immersion in L2 and training in
  translation influence the processes involved in language selection\, and 
 that these differences in language control also generalize to the type of 
 executive functions that are enhanced by the bilingual experience. Finally
 \, we also provide evidence that individual differences in proactivity mod
 ulate high-order processes during L1 and L2 language processing. \n \n\n
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 gualism: Consequences for mind and brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences\, 1
 6\, 240-250.\n\nBraver\, T. S. (2012). The variable nature of cognitive co
 ntrol: a dual mechanisms framework. Trends in Cognitive Sciences\, 16(2)\,
  106-113.\n\nEngel de Abreu\, P.M.J.\, Cruz-Santos\, A.\, Tourinho\, C.J.\
 , Martin\, R.\, & Bialystok\, E. (2012). Bilingualism enriches the poor: E
 nhanced cognitive control in low-income minority children. Psychological S
 cience\, 23\, 1364 - 1371. \n\nGreen\, D. W.\, & Abutalebi\, J. (2013). La
 nguage control in bilinguals: The adaptive control hypothesis. Journal of 
 Cognitive Psychology\, 25\, 1-16.\n\nMorales\, J.\, Yudes\, C.\, Gómez-Ar
 iza\, C. J.\, & Bajo\, M. T. (2015). Bilingualism modulates dual mechanism
 s of cognitive control: Evidence from ERPs. Neuropsychologia\, 66\, 157-16
 9.\n\n\n
LOCATION:English Faculty Lecture Room GR-06/07\, 9 West Road\, Sidgwick Si
 te.
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