Inhibitory processes in bilingual language comprehension: Evidence from Spanish–English interlexical homographs

Macizo, Pedro; Bajo, M. Teresa; Martín, M.C.

doi:10.1016/j.jml.2010.04.002

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“…This retrieval induced forgetting effect indicates that participants suppress irrelevant competing representations so it is hard to reactivate them when needed. Similarly, in studies on bilingualism, it has been observed that bilinguals coactivate words in their two languages even in situations where they require only one language to communicate (Macizo, Bajo, & Martín, 2010). This coactivation produces conflict which seems to be resolved by inhibiting representations in the language that is not in use (e.g., Green, 1986;see Bialystok & Craik, 2010;Green & Abutalebi, 2013, for reviews).…”

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Conflict resolution in two-digit number processing: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism

Macizo

2015

Psychological Research

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We investigated the mechanism involved in conflict resolution when individuals processed two-digit numbers. Participants performed a comparison task in blocks of two trials. In the first trial, between-decade two-digit numbers were used in a compatible condition where the decade and the unit of one number were larger than those of the other number (i.e., 21-73) and an incompatible condition where the decade of one number was larger but the unit was smaller than those of the other number (i.e., 61-53). In the second trial, within-decade two-digit numbers were presented in a related condition where the numbers contained the units presented previously (i.e., 41-43) and an unrelated condition with units that did not appear before (i.e., 48-49). In the first trial, participants responded more slowly in incompatible trials relative to compatible trials. In the second trial, participants were slower in the related condition relative to unrelated trials only after incompatible trials. These results suggest that participants experienced conflict in the incompatible condition of first trial and that they inhibited irrelevant units to resolve conflict.

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Conflict resolution in two-digit number processing: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism

Macizo

2015

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“…We suggest that this mechanism might be similar to that proposed in other cognitive fields to select correct representations among several competing alternatives. For instance, in the field of bilingualism, it has been observed that bilinguals coactivate words in their two languages even when they need only one language to communicate (Macizo, Bajo, & Martín, 2010). The bilinguals seem to select representations in the correct language by inhibiting those of the irrelevant language (e.g., Green, 1998;Macizo et al, 2010; see Kroll, Bobb, & Wodniecka, 2006, for a review).…”

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“…For instance, in the field of bilingualism, it has been observed that bilinguals coactivate words in their two languages even when they need only one language to communicate (Macizo, Bajo, & Martín, 2010). The bilinguals seem to select representations in the correct language by inhibiting those of the irrelevant language (e.g., Green, 1998;Macizo et al, 2010; see Kroll, Bobb, & Wodniecka, 2006, for a review). For example, Macizo et al observed that Spanish-English bilinguals were slower to process the word foot in English when they received previously the interlexical homographs pie (meaning foot in Spanish).…”

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Simple arithmetic: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism to select arithmetic facts

Megías

Macizo

Herrera

2014

Psychological Research

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In two experiments we evaluated the coactivation of arithmetic facts and the possible inhibitory mechanism used to select the correct one. To this end, we introduced an adapted version of the negative priming paradigm in which participants received additions and they decided whether they were correct or not. When the addition was incorrect but the result was that of multiplying the operands (e.g., 2 + 4 = 8), participants took more time to respond relative to control additions with unrelated results. This finding corroborated that participants coactivated arithmetic facts of multiplications even when they were irrelevant to perform the task. Moreover, the participants were slower to respond to an addition whose result was that of multiplying the operands of the previous trial (e.g., 2 + 6 = 8). These results support the existence of an inhibitory mechanism involved in the selection of arithmetic facts.

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“…Megías and colleagues (2014) designed an adaptation of the negative priming paradigm (NP paradigm) (Macizo, Bajo, & Martín, 2010;Tipper & Driver, 1988) to address this issue. The original NP paradigm included two trials (Tipper, 1985;Tipper & Driver, 1988).…”

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Simple arithmetic development in school age: The coactivation and selection of arithmetic facts

Megías

Macizo

2015

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

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Inhibitory processes in bilingual language comprehension: Evidence from Spanish–English interlexical homographs

Cited by 132 publications

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Conflict resolution in two-digit number processing: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism

Conflict resolution in two-digit number processing: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism

Simple arithmetic: evidence of an inhibitory mechanism to select arithmetic facts

Simple arithmetic development in school age: The coactivation and selection of arithmetic facts

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