Chapter 10. Language control and executive control

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-159
Author(s):  
Anna Wolleb ◽  
Antonella Sorace ◽  
Marit Westergaard
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Language Control

scholarly journals On the connection between language control and executive control - An ERP study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-47
Author(s):  
Mathieu Declerck ◽  
Gabriela Meade ◽  
Katherine J. Midgley ◽  
Phillip J. Holcomb ◽  
Ardi Roelofs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Switching ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Color Naming ◽  
Event Related Potential ◽  
Task Switch ◽  
Control Processes ◽  
Switch Costs ◽  
Goal Level ◽  
Language Control ◽  
And Task

Models vary in the extent to which language control processes are domain general. Those that posit that language control is at least partially domain general insist on an overlap between language control and executive control at the goal level. To further probe whether or not language control is domain general, we conducted the first event-related potential (ERP) study that directly compares language-switch costs, as an index of language control, and task-switch costs, as an index of executive control. The language switching and task switching methodology were identical, except that the former required switching between languages (English or Spanish) whereas the latter required switching between tasks (color naming or category naming). This design allowed us to directly compare control processes at the goal level (cue-locked ERPs) and at the task performance level (picture-locked ERPs). We found no significant differences in the switch-related cue-locked and picture-locked ERP patterns across the language and task switching paradigms. These results support models of domain-general language control.

scholarly journals Executive control in bilingual aphasia: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Saskia Mooijman ◽  
Rob Schoonen ◽  
Ardi Roelofs ◽  
Marina B. Ruiter
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Bilingual Advantage ◽  
Current State ◽  
Domain Generality ◽  
Language Control ◽  
Bilingual Aphasia ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Everyday Communication ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Much research has been dedicated to the effects of bilingualism on executive control (EC). For bilinguals with aphasia, the interplay with EC is complex. In this systematic review, we synthesize research on this topic and provide an overview of the current state of the field. First, we examine the evidence for EC deficits in bilingual persons with aphasia (bPWA). We then discuss the domain generality of bilingual language control impairments. Finally, we evaluate the bilingual advantage hypothesis in bPWA. We conclude that (1) EC impairments in bPWA are frequently observed, (2) experimental results on the relationship between linguistic and domain-general control are mixed, (3) bPWA with language control problems in everyday communication have domain-general EC problems, and (4) there are indications for EC advantages in bPWA. We end with directions for experimental work that could provide better insight into the intricate relationship between EC and bilingual aphasia.

scholarly journals Executive control in bilinguals: A concise review on fMRI studies

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTOS PLIATSIKAS ◽  
GIGI LUK
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Brain Regions ◽  
Resting State Networks ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
Spatially Distributed ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Language Control

The investigation of bilingualism and cognition has been enriched by recent developments in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Extending how bilingual experience shapes cognition, this review examines recent fMRI studies adopting executive control tasks with minimal or no linguistic demands. Across a range of studies with divergent ages and language pairs spoken by bilinguals, brain regions supporting executive control significantly overlap with brain regions recruited for language control (Abutalebi & Green). Furthermore, limited but emerging studies on resting-state networks are addressed, which suggest more coherent spatially distributed functional connectivity in bilinguals. Given the dynamic nature of bilingual experience, it is essential to consider both task-related functional networks (externally-driven engagement), and resting-state networks, such as default mode network (internal control). Both types of networks are important elements of bilingual language control, which relies on domain-general executive control.

scholarly journals On the overlap between bilingual language control and domain-general executive control

2016 ◽  
Vol 166 ◽  
pp. 21-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca M. Branzi ◽  
Marco Calabria ◽  
Maria Lucrezia Boscarino ◽  
Albert Costa
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Language Control

scholarly journals Qualitative Differences between Bilingual Language Control and Executive Control: Evidence from Task-Switching

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Calabria ◽  
Mireia Hernández ◽  
Francesca M. Branzi ◽  
Albert Costa
Keyword(s):  
Task Switching ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Language Control

Age-related effects over bilingual language control and executive control

2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO CALABRIA ◽  
FRANCESCA M. BRANZI ◽  
PAULA MARNE ◽  
MIREIA HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
ALBERT COSTA
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Switch Cost ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Switch Costs ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Language Control ◽  
Switching Task ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Age Related Changes ◽  
Do So

The aim of the present study is two-fold. First, we investigate age-related changes to bilingual language control (bLC) mechanisms across lifespan. Second, we explore the relation between bLC mechanisms and those of the domain-general executive (EC) system by looking at age effects on these two systems. To do so, we compare the performances of the three age groups of bilinguals (young, middle-aged and elderly) in a language switching task to those of non-linguistic switching task. We found an age-related change in the non-linguistic switch cost but not in the language switch cost. Moreover, we did not find any correlation between the magnitudes of the switch costs. Taken together these results indicate that bLC is not affected by age as the EC system is, and interestingly, we add new evidence that the bLC mechanisms are not fully subsidiary to those of the domain-general EC system.

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