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Article: Bilingual Experience Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processing

TitleBilingual Experience Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processing
Authors
Keywordsbilinguialism
hemispheric lateralization
visual word processing
Issue Date2014
Citation
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2014, v. 17 n. 3, p. 589-609 How to Cite?
AbstractPrevious studies showed reduced hemispheric asymmetry in face perception in bilinguals compared with monolinguals, suggesting that hemispheric asymmetry in visual stimulus processing may be modulated by language reading experience. Here we examined whether this phenomenon can also be observed in bilinguals with different language backgrounds. We compared English monolinguals, European–English bilinguals (who know two alphabetic languages), and Chinese–English bilinguals (who have mastered a logographic and an alphabetic language) in an English word sequential matching task. We showed that European–English bilinguals had a stronger right visual field/left hemispheric advantage than the other two groups, suggesting that different language experiences can influence how visual words are processed in the brain. In addition, by using a computational model that implements a theory of hemispheric asymmetry in perception, we showed that this lateralization difference could be accounted for by the difference in participants’ vocabulary size and the difference in word-to-sound mapping between alphabetic and logographic languages.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/199577
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.5
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dc.contributor.authorLAM, SMen_US
dc.contributor.authorHsiao, JHWen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T01:23:55Z-
dc.date.available2014-07-22T01:23:55Z-
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.identifier.citationBilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2014, v. 17 n. 3, p. 589-609en_US
dc.identifier.issn1366-7289-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/199577-
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies showed reduced hemispheric asymmetry in face perception in bilinguals compared with monolinguals, suggesting that hemispheric asymmetry in visual stimulus processing may be modulated by language reading experience. Here we examined whether this phenomenon can also be observed in bilinguals with different language backgrounds. We compared English monolinguals, European–English bilinguals (who know two alphabetic languages), and Chinese–English bilinguals (who have mastered a logographic and an alphabetic language) in an English word sequential matching task. We showed that European–English bilinguals had a stronger right visual field/left hemispheric advantage than the other two groups, suggesting that different language experiences can influence how visual words are processed in the brain. In addition, by using a computational model that implements a theory of hemispheric asymmetry in perception, we showed that this lateralization difference could be accounted for by the difference in participants’ vocabulary size and the difference in word-to-sound mapping between alphabetic and logographic languages.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBilingualism: Language and Cognitionen_US
dc.subjectbilinguialism-
dc.subjecthemispheric lateralization-
dc.subjectvisual word processing-
dc.titleBilingual Experience Modulates Hemispheric Lateralization in Visual Word Processingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailHsiao, JHW: jhsiao@hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1366728913000734-
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dc.identifier.volume17en_US
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
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dc.identifier.epage609en_US
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