2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Brain mechanism of Chinese-Japanese bilinguals in diminishment of cross-language interference
| Project/Area Number |
23730700
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Experimental psychology
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
OI Misato 名古屋大学, 情報科学研究科, 研究員 (70579763)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 二言語併用者 / 中国語 / 日本語 / 意味処理 / 近赤外分光法 / 発話 / 身振 / 日中同形語 |
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| Research Abstract |
Compared with monolinguals, bilinguals show advantages in certain cognitive functions. The present study focused on the relationship between the cognitive advantages of bilinguals and mechanisms that diminish cross-language interference. I investigated neural mechanisms that underlies the diminishment of cross-language interference in the language processing of bilinguals with behavioral studies and brain imaging studies. The results revealed:
1. A factor that lightens cognitive load during speech and its neural mechanism.
2. A factor that underlies diminishment of cross-language interference during reading and its neural mechanism.
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