• Event Related Potentials at Initial Exposure in Third Language Acquisition: Implications from an Artificial Mini-Grammar Study 

      González Alonso, Jorge; Alemán Bañón, José; Deluca, Vincent; Miller, David; Pereira Soares, Sergio M.; Puig-Mayenco, Eloi; Slaats, Sophie; Rothman, Jason (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-01)
      The present article examines the proposal that typology is a major factor guiding transfer selectivity in L3/L<i>n</i> acquisition. We tested first exposure in L3/L<i>n</i> using two artificial languages (ALs) lexically based in English and Spanish, focusing on gender agreement between determiners and nouns, and between nouns and adjectives. 50 L1 Spanish-L2 English speakers took part in the experiment. ...
    • Redefining bilingualism as a spectrum of experiences that differentially affects brain structure and function 

      Deluca, Vincent; Rothman, Jason; Bialystok, Ellen; Pliatsikas, Christos (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-26)
      Learning and using an additional language is shown to have an impact on the structure and function of the brain, including in regions involved in cognitive control and the connections between them. However, the available evidence remains variable in terms of the localization, extent, and trajectory of these effects. Variability likely stems from the fact that bilingualism has been routinely ...