Sonja A. Kotz
Neurolinguistic evidence for bilingual language representation: a comparison of reaction times and event-related brain potentials
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
current study set examine word recognition early fluent spanishenglish bilinguals using single word presentation lexical decision task ldt reaction times rts eventrelated brain potentials erps measured subjects 16 per language condition made lexical decision words pseudowords either spanish english results show associative priming measured rts associative categorical priming erps language conditions dissociation rt erp effects suggests two measures might tap different underlying processes semantic priming reflect different sensitivities towards semantic priming furthermore rt erp measures revealed symmetrical priming l1 l2 data indicate word recognition early fluent bilinguals equivalent l1 l2