Article
Neurosciences
Dongxue Liu, Zehui Xing, Junjun Huang, John W. Schwieter, Huanhuan Liu
Summary: This study investigates the influence of genes such as FOXP2, COMT, BDNF, and Kibra/WWC1 on bilingual language control. Statistical analyses show that these genes significantly affect neural coding and behavioral performance in language control. These findings suggest that bilingual language control is shaped by both an individual's experience switching between languages and their genetic makeup.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim, Noelia Calvo, John G. Grundy
Summary: This paper provides a focused review of the link between bilingualism and attention, discussing different types and levels of attention and highlighting the impact of bilingual experiences on attention. The findings suggest that bilingual experiences can modify different types of attention. Future studies should embrace the complexity and diversity of bilingualism and attention.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Floor van den Berg, Jelle Brouwer, Thomas B. Tienkamp, Josje Verhagen, Merel Keijzer
Summary: The study found that the social diversity of bilinguals' language use is associated with executive control, but the direction of the effects may depend on social context. Some effects may only be detected by using more sensitive measures, such as pupil dilation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Kenneth R. Paap, Lauren Mason, Regina Anders-Jefferson
Summary: Hypotheses derived from the adaptive control hypothesis do not accurately predict behavioral performance on tests of executive functioning and do not advance our understanding as to what dimensions of bilingualism may lead to enhancements in specific components of executive functioning.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Lewis Montgomery, Vicky Chondrogianni, Sue Fletcher-Watson, Hugh Rabagliati, Antonella Sorace, Rachael Davis
Summary: Exposure to bilingualism positively influences behavioral control of motor impulses in children, but does not significantly affect inhibition involving visual attention. The study partially supports the hypothesis that bilingual exposure differentially affects components of inhibitory control.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Psychology
Mathieu Declerck, Iring Koch
Summary: This article discusses various effects linked to bilingual inhibition in language production and emphasizes the need for more empirical research to establish the role of inhibition in bilingual language control.
PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ashley Marie Salwei, Beatriz de Diego-Lazaro
Summary: The study compared inhibitory control in monolingual and bilingual children, finding a positive correlation between English expressive vocabulary and inhibitory control in bilingual children, suggesting that bilingual children use their dominant language for self-regulation.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Jasmine Giovannoli, Diana Martella, Maria Casagrande
Summary: This systematic review examines the effect of bilingualism on executive functioning assessed by verbal fluency tasks. The results suggest that there is no significant difference between bilinguals and monolinguals in performance. However, the conclusions about whether bilinguals have an advantage or disadvantage in verbal fluency tasks are not definitive. Therefore, precautions should be taken when using this task, especially in clinical practice.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Vanessa Diaz, Maria Borjas, M. Jeffrey Farrar
Summary: The study found that while monolingual children's vocabulary at Time 1 predicted EF at Time 2, EF at Time 1 did not predict vocabulary at Time 2. In contrast, there was no relationship between EF and language proficiency in bilingual children, challenging the current conceptualization of the EF advantage in bilinguals and calling for further research on the development of bilingual children.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Anabel Castillo, Alexander Khislavsky, Meaghan Altman, Jeffrey W. Gilger
Summary: This study examines the developmental trajectories of executive functions among bilingual, monolingual, and English Language Learner (ELL) children during their early school years and finds differences in cognitive control between these groups.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND BILINGUALISM
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Huanhuan Liu, Zibin Guo, Yishan Jiang, John W. Schwieter, Fenqi Wang
Summary: This study investigated the neural mechanisms involved in control processes during language and modality switching in bilingual communication. The results showed that similar brain regions were recruited for language production and comprehension, as well as for modality control. The specific control processes partially depended on the corresponding modality. Furthermore, switching between modalities had a greater impact on language production control compared to comprehension.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Alexandra Perovic, Dusica Filipovic Durdevic, Sabina Halupka-Resetar
Summary: Language similarity has an impact on memory and executive function tasks, and different bilinguals may perform differently on specific tasks. Bilinguals speaking typologically similar languages outperform those speaking unrelated languages in executive function.
MEMORY & COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hannah L. Claussenius-Kalman, Kelly A. Vaughn, Pilar Archila-Suerte, Arturo E. Hernandez
Summary: The study found that adults with highly proficient and balanced bilingualism have thinner cortex in the left anterior prefrontal cortex and the right anterior cingulate cortex, reflecting a lifetime of learning to flexibly adapt and utilize both languages, indicating the involvement of these structures in maintaining and increasing dual language proficiency.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Qiming Yuan, Junjie Wu, Man Zhang, Zhaoqi Zhang, Mo Chen, Guosheng Ding, Chunming Lu, Taomei Guo
Summary: The study revealed that patterns of neural activity in frontal brain regions reliably distinguished between switch and non-switch conditions, with frontal and fronto-cerebellar connectivity identified as key components of the language control network. These findings further demonstrate the involvement of the cognitive control network in bilingual language production.
BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Samuel Kyle Jones, Jodie Davies-Thompson, Jeremy Tree
Summary: The relationship between bilingualism and cognitive functions is currently under debate, with conflicting results from studies questioning whether the differences are due to varying definitions of bilingualism or methodological limitations in measurement. Studies focusing on specific experimental paradigms have reported potential bilingual differences, but a broader approach in this study found no evidence that bilingualism leads to differential cognitive performance. Further research using refined machine learning methods is recommended to explore the complex relationship between bilingualism and cognition.
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Merce Madre, Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Pol Palau, Naia Saez, Noemi Moro, Clara Blanch, Norma Verdolini, Maria Angeles Garcia-Leon, Isabel Feria, Josep Munuera, Salvador Sarro, Joaquim Radua, Peter McKenna, Raymond Salvador, Edith Pomarol-Clotet
Summary: This study found evidence of impaired goal management in manic patients, which is associated with reduced activity in the frontal and parietal regions.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
M. A. R. I. A. PICO-PEREZ, V. I. C. T. O. R. COSTUMERO, J. U. A. N. VERDEJO-ROMAN, N. A. T. A. L. I. A. ALBEIN-URIOS, J. O. S. E. MIGUEL MARTINEZ-GONZALEZ, C. A. R. L. E. S. SORIANO-MAS, A. L. F. O. N. S. O. BARROS-LOSCERTALES, A. N. T. O. N. I. O. VERDEJO-GARCIA
Summary: CUD and GD both exhibit neural alterations in emotion regulation, but they also have differences. The limbic network was found to be significantly decreased in both CUD and GD individuals, while GD participants showed increased activation in the ventral frontostriatal network during emotion regulation. Furthermore, the activation patterns of these networks were modulated by impulsivity traits.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL ADDICTIONS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Lidon Marin-Marin, Victor Costumero, Cesar avila, Christos Pliatsikas
Summary: This study investigates the non-linear effects of bilingual experiences on regional grey matter volume in the brain. The results show a non-linear relationship between bilingualism score and inferior frontal gyrus volume, as well as linear increases in putamen and cerebellum volumes as a function of bilingualism score.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Noelia Ventura-Campos, Lara Ferrando Esteve, Anna Miro-Padilla, Cesar Avila
Summary: This study investigates the brain anatomy differences between two groups, one group that commits reversal errors in problem-solving and a second group that does not. The results show that the group with reversal errors has a larger volume in the putamen, suggesting that these subjects have to exert more effort to solve problems.
MIND BRAIN AND EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jesus Adrian-Ventura, Jaime Fabregat-Nabas, Victor Costumero, Cesar Avila
Summary: Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) suggests that individual differences in defensive avoidance/approach behaviors stem from punishment sensitivity trait, reflecting distinct sensitivity and reactivity of the fight-flight-freeze and behavioral inhibition systems. This study explored the relationship between resting-state functional activity metrics and punishment sensitivity, revealing aberrant neural activity within the brain's defense system in individuals with high trait anxiety, potentially leading to pathological fear/anxiety behaviors arising from the fight-flight-freeze and behavioral inhibition systems.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Audiology & Speech-Language Pathology
Maria-Angeles Palomar-Garcia, Esteban Villar-Rodriguez, Cristina Perez-Lozano, Ana Sanjuan, Elisenda Bueicheku, Anna Miro-Padilla, Victor C. Ostumero, Jesus Adrian-Ventura, Maria-Antonia Parcet, Cesar Avila
Summary: The present research used fMRI to investigate the impact of learning new vocabulary on the activation pattern of the language control network. The results showed that using familiar words and newly learned words in a picture naming task produced different activation patterns in cortical regions. These findings suggest that the language control network consists of two functional circuits for diverse cognitive purposes.
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Lidon Marin-Marin, Anna Miro-Padilla, Victor Costumero
Summary: This study investigated the default mode network in the AD continuum through multimodal approaches, including measuring gray matter volume, white matter integrity, and functional connectivity. The results showed significant differences in the structure of DMN between AD patients and controls, and mainly in the structure for MCI converters and non-converters. Structural measures were found to be more accurate markers of conversion from MCI to AD.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Paola Fuentes-Claramonte, Maria Angeles Garcia-Leon, Pilar Salgado-Pineda, Nuria Ramiro, Joan Soler-Vidal, Maria Llanos Torres, Ramon Cano, Isabel Argila-Plaza, Francesco Panicali, Carmen Sarri, Nuria Jaurrieta, Manel Sanchez, Ester Boix-Quintana, Auria Albacete, Teresa Maristany, Salvador Sarro, Joaquim Radua, Peter. J. McKenna, Raymond Salvador, Edith Pomarol-Clotet
Summary: The negative symptoms of schizophrenia may be due to reduced responsiveness to rewarding stimuli, which is associated with abnormal dopamine function in the disorder. However, few imaging studies have examined whether patients with negative symptoms show reduced activation related to reward prediction error (RPE). The findings suggest that negative symptoms are not caused by a generalized reduction in RPE signaling, but rather by specific dysfunction in the lateral frontal and possibly the orbitofrontal cortex.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
N. Ventura-Camposa, L. Ferrando-Estevea, A. Miro-Padillab, C. Avila
Summary: Reversal Error (RE) is a common error in algebra problem solving, where students make mistakes in translating sentences from natural language to algebraic language, reversing the relationship between two variables in comparison word problems. The research aimed to identify brain anatomical regions related to the RE phenomenon using sMRI data, and found differences in brain anatomy between the two groups.
Article
Linguistics
Toms Voits, Jason Rothman, Marco Calabria, Holly Robson, Naiara Aguirre, Gabriele Cattaneo, Victor Costumero, Mireia Hernandez, Montserrat Juncadella Puig, Lidon Marin-Marin, Anna Suades, Albert Costa, Christos Pliatsikas
Summary: Bilingualism has been found to increase resilience against cognitive aging, but its effects on neurocognitive outcomes in individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) are still unclear. This study examines the impact of bilingual language experience on structural brain data in a cohort of bilinguals diagnosed with MCI. The results indicate a non-linear relationship between bilingual language entropy and hippocampal volume, although no significant effect on episodic memory performance or age of MCI diagnosis was found.
BILINGUALISM-LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Isabel Ortigosa-Beltran, Jon Andoni Dunabeitia, Victor Costumero, Diana Castilla, Irene Jaen, Albert Costa, Azucena Garcia-Palacios
Summary: This study investigated the influence of a foreign language on fear extinction. The results showed that fear extinction through verbal instructions was equally effective in a foreign language context as in a native language context, indicating the need for further research on the role of foreign languages in clinical applications.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Antonio-Jose Silvestre-Lopez, Daniel Pinazo, Alfonso Barros-Lorcertales
Summary: Inducing a state of meditation through conceptual metaphors in guided meditation instructions can have unique effects on well-being and meta-thinking. The study found that using novel deliberate metaphors in instructions can activate meta-thinking activity and improve the affective state of meditators.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)