The bilingual effects of linguistic distances on episodic memory and verbal fluency
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10.1111/sjop.12609Keyword: Engineering and Technology,
Mechanical Engineering,
Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics,
Teknik och teknologier,
Maskinteknik,
Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi,
Bilingualism,
Episodic memory,
Verbal letter fluency,
Categorical fluency,
Linguistic distance,
Cognitive functioning,
Engineering Psychology,
Teknisk psykologiPublication year: 2020Relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
The SDG label(s) above have been assigned by OSDG.aiAbstract: The impact of linguistic distance or the relatedness between two languages, on bilinguals’ episodic memory performance and verbal fluency is an understudied area. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine if differences in linguistic distances have differential effects on these abilities. Measures of episodic recognition, categorical fluency, and global cognitive functioning were also considered in the analyses. Two matched samples with participants living and educated in Sweden were drawn from the Betula Prospective Cohort Study. Results showed that bilinguals who speak linguistically similar languages (Swedish and English), performed significantly better than monolinguals on both episodic memory recall and letter fluency, while bilinguals who speak two languages that are more distant (Swedish and Finnish), showed no advantages compared to their monolingual counterparts. For both tasks, however, a linear trend was observed indicative of better performance for the Swedish‐English group compared to the Finnish‐Swedish group, and for the Swedish‐Finnish group compared to the monolinguals group. As expected, no differences between groups were found in any of the other cognitive tasks. Overall, results suggest that the impact of linguistic distances should be explored in more detail in the future.
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Jessica Körning-Ljungberg
Luleå tekniska universitet; Människa och teknik; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Pia Elbe
Luleå tekniska universitet; Människa och teknik; Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Daniel E. Sörman
Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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abstract: The impact of linguistic distance or the relatedness between two languages on bilinguals’ episodic memory performance and verbal fluency is an understudied area. Thus the purpose of this study was to determine if differences in linguistic distances have differential effects on these abilities. Measures of episodic recognition categorical fluency and global cognitive functioning were also considered in the analyses. Two matched samples with participants living and educated in Sweden were drawn from the Betula Prospective Cohort Study. Results showed that bilinguals who speak linguistically similar languages (Swedish and English) performed significantly better than monolinguals on both episodic memory recall and letter fluency while bilinguals who speak two languages that are more distant (Swedish and Finnish) showed no advantages compared to their monolingual counterparts. For both tasks however a linear trend was observed indicative of better performance for the Swedish‐English group compared to the Finnish‐Swedish group and for the Swedish‐Finnish group compared to the monolinguals group. As expected no differences between groups were found in any of the other cognitive tasks. Overall results suggest that the impact of linguistic distances should be explored in more detail in the future.
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Production Engineering Human Work Science and Ergonomics
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Maskinteknik
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