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Aislinn Keogh; Simon Kirby; Jennifer Culbertson – Cognitive Science, 2024
General principles of human cognition can help to explain why languages are more likely to have certain characteristics than others: structures that are difficult to process or produce will tend to be lost over time. One aspect of cognition that is implicated in language use is working memory--the component of short-term memory used for temporary…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory, Schemata (Cognition)
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Oppenheim, Gary; Wu, Yan Jing; Thierry, Guillaume – Cognitive Science, 2018
In their paper "Do Bilinguals Automatically Activate Their Native Language When They Are Not Using it?," Costa, Pannunzi, Deco, and Pickering ("Cognitive Science," 2017) proposed a reinterpretation of Thierry and Wu's (2004, 2007) finding of native language-based (Chinese, L1) ERP effects when they tested Chinese-English late…
Descriptors: Native Language, Bilingualism, Priming, English (Second Language)