Adult and Second Language Learning

Kara D. Federmeier received her Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Neuroscience Program at the University of Illinois and a full-time faculty member at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, where she leads the Illinois Language and Literacy Initiative and heads the Cognition and Brain Lab. She is also a Past President of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. Her research examines meaning comprehension and memory using human electrophysiological techniques, in combination with behavioral, eyetracking, and other functional imaging and psychophysiological methods. She has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, the Institute of Education Sciences, and the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Hsu-Wen Huang is at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Immersion into virtual reality for language learningYu-Ju LanLanguage experiences and cognitive control: A dynamic perspectivePing Li and Yanping DongStudying bilingual learners and users of spoken　and　signed languages: A neurocognitive approachKatherine J. Midgley, Yazmin E. Medina and Brittany LeeEvent-related brain potentials in multilingual language processing: The N’s and P’sBrennan R. Payne, Shukhan Ng, Kailen Shantz and Kara D. FedermeierNeural hemispheric organization in successful adult language learning: Is left always right?Zhenghan Qi and Jennifer LegaultForeign language learning motivation: Phonetic chill or Latin lover effect? Does sound structure or social stereotyping drive FLL? Susanne M. Reiterer, Vita Kogan, Annemarie Seither-Preisler and Gašper PesekLexical processing in child and adult classroom second language learners: Uniqueness and similarities, and implications for cognitive modelsJanet G. van HellThe dynamics of language experience and how it affects language and cognitionZofia Wodniecka, Alba Casado, Patrycja Kałamała, Marta Marecka, Kalinka Timmer and Agata WolnaThe contribution of statistical learning to language and literacy acquisition Denise H. Wu and Talat Bulut