Memory representation of Japanese-English bilinguals-Studies from autobiographical memory-

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24653186
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Educational psychology
Research Institution	Otemon Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	ISHIO Atsuko 追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 教授 (80242999)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	バイリンガル / 自伝的記憶 / ストループ効果
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Japanese-English bilinguals living abroad were asked to recall the life event in response to word prompts in both English and Japanese. The results showed that almost English word prompts occurred English memories and Japanese word prompts did Japanese memories. These results suggested the possibility that the fluent bilinguals have two language memory systems concerning the long-term memory like autobiographical memories. However, some memories might be shared by two language, and further discussions will be needed.