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Bilingual Language Control and General Purpose Cognitive Control among Individuals with Bilingual Aphasia : Evidence Based on Negative Priming and Flanker Tasks
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-20, 20 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-05-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
Bilingualism results in an added advantage with respect to cognitive control.
The interaction between bilingual language control and general purpose cognitive control systems can also be understood by studying executive control among individuals with bilingual aphasia.
Objectives.
The current study examined the subcomponents of cognitive control in bilingual aphasia.
A case study approach was used to investigate whether cognitive control and language control are two separate systems and how factors related to bilingualism interact with control processes.
Methods.
Four individuals with bilingual aphasia performed a language background questionnaire, picture description task, and two experimental tasks (nonlinguistic negative priming task and linguistic and nonlinguistic versions of flanker task).
Results.
A descriptive approach was used to analyse the data using reaction time and accuracy measures.
The cumulative distribution function plots were used to visualize the variations in performance across conditions.
The results highlight the distinction between general purpose cognitive control and bilingual language control mechanisms.
Conclusion.
All participants showed predominant use of the reactive control mechanism to compensate for the limited resources system.
Independent yet interactive systems for bilingual language control and general purpose cognitive control were postulated based on the experimental data derived from individuals with bilingual aphasia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Dash, Tanya& Kar, Bhoomika R.. 2014. Bilingual Language Control and General Purpose Cognitive Control among Individuals with Bilingual Aphasia : Evidence Based on Negative Priming and Flanker Tasks. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-20.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Dash, Tanya& Kar, Bhoomika R.. Bilingual Language Control and General Purpose Cognitive Control among Individuals with Bilingual Aphasia : Evidence Based on Negative Priming and Flanker Tasks. Behavioural Neurology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-489907
American Medical Association (AMA)
Dash, Tanya& Kar, Bhoomika R.. Bilingual Language Control and General Purpose Cognitive Control among Individuals with Bilingual Aphasia : Evidence Based on Negative Priming and Flanker Tasks. Behavioural Neurology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-20.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-489907
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-489907