The Adaptive Effects of Language Switching Contexts on Different Cognitive Control Components: Evidence from Uyghur-Chinese-English Trilinguals

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.05.001

Abstract

Abstract: We investigated the adaptive effects of language switching on different cognitive control components among Uyghur-Chinese-English trilinguals. Participants performed a face task following a number naming task in either a double-high/high-low dominance language switching or a monolingual situation. The results revealed that: 1) the double-high dominance language-switching context did not significantly alter participants’ cognitive control levels; 2) the high-low dominance language-switching context improved response inhibition in the face task, reducing interference control performance. These findings suggest that brief language-switching experiences can adaptively modify individuals’ response inhibition and interference control, with the adaptive changes being moderated by the degree of language dominance.

Key words: language switching context, cognitive control, language dominance, trilinguals

摘要： 本研究以维-汉-英三语者为被试，在双高/高-低优势度语言切换情境或单语情境启动任务后通过面孔任务考察语言切换情境对不同认知控制子成分的适应性影响。结果显示：(1)双高优势度语言切换情境未显著改变被试的认知控制水平；(2)高-低优势度语言切换情境提升了面孔任务的反应抑制水平，而降低了干扰控制表现。这些结果表明短暂的语言切换经验可以适应性改变个体的反应抑制和干扰控制能力，并且该适应性变化受语言优势度的调节。

关键词: 语言切换情境, 认知控制, 语言优势度, 三语者

CLC Number:

B842

REFUKADIJIANG Yilinuer, GUO Jingjing. The Adaptive Effects of Language Switching Contexts on Different Cognitive Control Components: Evidence from Uyghur-Chinese-English Trilinguals[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024, 22(5): 577-584.

伊里努尔·热甫卡迪江, 郭晶晶. 语言切换情境对认知控制子成分的适应性作用—来自维-汉-英三语者的证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2024, 22(5): 577-584.

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