Incera Sara
Multilingual Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, United States.
Front Psychol. 2018 Oct 16;9:1983. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01983. eCollection 2018.
Empirical evidence has supported the idea that the bilingual advantage is a question of nuanced differences between bilinguals and monolinguals. In this article, I review findings from studies using eye tracking, mouse tracking, and event-related potentials (ERPs) which are particularly suited to measure time. Understanding the timing of the processes underlying executive function is crucial in evaluating the intricacies of the bilingual mind. Furthermore, I provide recommendations on how to best use these timing techniques to compare bilinguals and monolinguals. Temporal differences can characterize ongoing discussions of the bilingual advantage and help explain conflicting findings. Methodological and analytical innovations to better investigate the timing of the cognitive processes at play will inform a wide range of areas in cognitive science.
实证证据支持了这样一种观点，即双语优势是双语者和单语者之间细微差异的问题。在本文中，我回顾了使用眼动追踪、鼠标追踪和事件相关电位（ERP）的研究结果，这些方法特别适合测量时间。了解执行功能背后过程的时间安排对于评估双语思维的复杂性至关重要。此外，我还就如何最好地使用这些时间测量技术来比较双语者和单语者提供了建议。时间上的差异可以表征关于双语优势的持续讨论，并有助于解释相互矛盾的研究结果。更好地研究认知过程时间安排的方法和分析创新将为认知科学的广泛领域提供信息。
