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

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• 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.

Free Research Field

実験心理学