Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism

John W. Schwieter is Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and a Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada. He has edited numerous books on cognitive neuroscience and linguistics, including The Handbook of Translation and Cognition (with Aline Ferreira, Wiley Blackwell, 2017), Cognitive Control and Consequences of Multilingualism (2016), and The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Processing (2015).

“This is a delightful book. It is essential reading for everyone wanting to do research on the topic, but it will also be of great interest to everyone else interested in what distinguishes a multilingual brain from a brain that knows only one language.”  Marc Brysbaert, Ghent University, Belgium“This Handbook provides an astonishingly detailed and extensive survey of research into the nature of the multilingual brain, drawing on neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, and many other fields. It serves as an encyclopaedic work of reference and a place in which a vast number of expert researchers provide extensive theoretical insights into almost every topic within this important and exciting area.” Martin Pickering, University of Edinburgh, UK“In this considerable achievement, Prof. Schwieter has assembled a landmark handbook which covers a wide range of scientific inquiry on the multilingual brain. The handbook is a one-of-a-kind resource in which he and dozens of contributors have created an absolute must-read for everyone interested in multilingualism.” Cathy Price, University College London, UK“Dr. Schwieter has put together a wonderfully comprehensive handbook on multilingualism in the mind and brain. He has assembled leading lights from the many fields that contribute to this enterprise, and the Handbook comprehensively covers a wide range of key theoretical and empirical topics. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in bilingualism or multilingualism, as well as more generally to students of language and neuroscience.” Michael Ullman, Georgetown University, USA“This comprehensive collection synthesizes the growing body of knowledge on the intersection between multilingualism and cognitive neuroscience. The book provides excellent guidance on what is known–and what remains to be learned–about how interdisciplinary studies of brain and cognitive function inform our understanding of multilingualism. It is a valuable resource for both experienced researchers and students.” Janet van Hell, Pennsylvania State University, USA“Overall, this handbook presents an inclusive evaluation from various scholars, ranging from psychologists to applied linguists, who have come together to raise key issues and theories on the literature of neuroscience of multilingualism…With concrete review of past studies in most chapters, this handbook should be of interest to scholars and students in this field. Most importantly, seeing those studies allows us to better understand the complex phenomenon of multilingualism.” – LINGUIST List 31.2472

• List of Figures xiList of Tables xviAbout the Editor xviiiAbout the Contributors xixSpecial Foreword xxxiiiMichel ParadisOverview of the Handbook xxxviiiJohn W. Schwieter and Rebecca MuellerAcknowledgements xlviPart I Theories and Methods 11 Defining and Assessing Multilingualism 3Kees de Bot2 Cognitive Neuroscience and Multilingualism 19Edna Andrews3 What Do Bilingual Models Tell Us About the Neurocognition of Multiple Languages? 48Angela Grant, Jennifer Legault, and Ping Li4 Psycholinguistic Methods in Multilingual Research 75Eleonora Rossi, Kyra Krass, and Gerrit Jan Kootstra5 Real‐Time Measures of the Multilingual Brain 100Nicole Y. Y. Wicha, Eva María Moreno, and Haydée Carrasco-Ortíz6 Neuroimaging Studies of Multilingual Speech 121Angélique M. Blackburn7 In Search of Memory Traces of a Forgotten Language 147Ludmila Isurin8 Brain Adaptations and Neurological Indices of Processing in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis 170Vincent DeLuca, David Miller, Christos Pliatsikas, and Jason RothmanPart II Neural Representations 1979 Language Organization in the Bilingual and Multilingual Brain 199Nicola Del Maschio and Jubin Abutalebi10 Bilingual Word Production 214Jana Klaus and Herbert Schriefers11 Multilingualism and Brain Plasticity 230Christos Pliatsikas12 Factors Affecting Cortical Representation 252Angélique M. Blackburn13 The Gift of Language Learning: Individual Differences in Non‐Native Speech Perception 277Begoña Díaz, Miguel Burgaleta, and Nuria Sebastian‐Galles14 Lexical Organization and Reorganization in the Multilingual Mind 297Gary Libben and John W. Schwieter15 Emotion and Emotion Concepts: Processing and Use in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers 313Stephanie A. Kazanas, Jared S. McLean, and Jeanette Altarriba16 Representing, Detecting, and Translating Humour in the Brain 335Jennifer Hofmann and Frank A. RoddenPart III Functions and Processes 35517 Multilingualism and Metacognitive Processing 357Peter Bright, Julia Ouzia, and Roberto Filippi18 Factors Affecting Multilingual Processing 372Edalat Shekari and John W. Schwieter19 Learning and Memory in the Bilingual Mind and Brain 389Allison M. Wilck, Jeanette Altarriba, Roberto R. Heredia, and John W. Schwieter20 Brain‐based Challenges of Second Language Learning in Older Adulthood 408Zahra Hejazi, Jungna Kim, Teresa Signorelli Pisano, Yasmine Ouchikh, Aviva Lerman, and Loraine K. Obler21 Language Control and Attention during Conversation: An Exploration 427David W. Green22 Cross‐Talk Between Language and Executive Control 447Marco Calabria, Cristina Baus, and Albert Costa23 What Language Experience Tells us about Cognition: Variable Input and Interactional Contexts Affect Bilingual Sentence Processing 467Paola E. Dussias, Jorge R. Valdés Kroff, Anne L. Beatty‐Martínez, and Michael A. Johns24 Translation, Interpreting, and the Bilingual Brain: Implications for Executive Control and Neuroplasticity 485Bruce J. Diamond and Gregory M. Shreve25 Event‐Related Potentials in Monolingual and Bilingual Non‐literal Language Processing 508Anna Siyanova‐Chanturia, Paolo Canal, and Roberto R. HerediaPart IV Impairments and Disorders 53126 Aphasia in the Multilingual Population 533Elisa Cargnelutti, Barbara Tomasino, and Franco Fabbro27 Recovery and Rehabilitation Patterns in Bilingual and Multilingual Aphasia 553Claudia Peñaloza and Swathi Kiran28 Primary Progressive Aphasia in Bilinguals and Multilinguals 572Taryn Malcolm, Aviva Lerman, Marta Korytkowska, Jet M. J. Vonk, and Loraine K. Obler29 Acquired Reading Disorders in Bilingualism 592Mira Goral30 Dementia and Multilingualism 608Mariana Vega‐Mendoza, Suvarna Alladi, and Thomas H. Bak31 Schizophrenia and Bilingualism 625Daria Smirnova, Sveta Fichman, and Joel WaltersPart V Cognitive and Neurocognitive Consequences 65532 Neurocognitive Effects of Multilingualism Throughout the Lifespan: A Developmental Perspective 657Hannah L. Claussenius‐Kalman and Arturo E. Hernandez33 The Intense Bilingual Experience of Interpreting and its Neurocognitive Consequences 685Yanping Dong and Fei Zhong34 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Quantity and Quality of the Evidence 701Kenneth Paap35 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Publication Biases and the Decline Effect 736Angela de Bruin and Sergio Della Sala36 Speech‐Sign Bilingualism: A Unique Window into the Multilingual Brain 754Robin L. Thompson and Eva Gutierrez‐SigutIndex 784