The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism

The definitive guide to 21st century investigations of multilingual neuroscience The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of neurocognitive investigations of multiple-language speakers. Prominent scholar John W. Schwieter offers a unique collection of works from globally recognized researchers in neuroscience, psycholinguistics, neurobiology, psychology, neuroimaging, and others, to provide a multidisciplinary overview of relevant topics. Authoritative coverage of state-of-the-art research provides readers with fundamental knowledge of significant theories and methods, language impairments and disorders, and neural representations, functions, and processes of the multilingual brain.  Focusing on up-to-date theoretical and experimental research, this timely handbook explores new directions of study and examines significant findings in the rapidly evolving field of multilingual neuroscience. Discussions on the bilingual advantage debate, recovery and rehabilitation patterns in multilingual aphasia, and the neurocognitive effects of multilingualism throughout the lifespan allow informed investigation of contemporary issues. Presents the first handbook-length examination of the neuroscience and neurolinguistics of multilingualism Demonstrates how neuroscience and multilingualism intersect several areas of research, such as neurobiology and experimental psychology Includes works from prominent international scholars and researchers to provide global perspective Reflects cutting-edge research and promising areas of future study in the dynamic field of multilingual neuroscience The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism is an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in areas including multilingualism, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive science. This versatile work is also an indispensable addition to the classroom, providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students a thorough overview of the field.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures xi List of Tables xvi About the Editor xviii About the Contributors xix Special Foreword xxxiii Michel Paradis Overview of the Handbook xxxviii John W. Schwieter and Rebecca Mueller Acknowledgements xlvi Part I Theories and Methods 1 1 Defining and Assessing Multilingualism 3 Kees de Bot 2 Cognitive Neuroscience and Multilingualism 19 Edna Andrews 3 What Do Bilingual Models Tell Us About the Neurocognition of Multiple Languages? 48 Angela Grant, Jennifer Legault, and Ping li 4 Psycholinguistic Methods in Multilingual Research 75 Eleonora Rossi, Kyra Krass, and Gerrit Jan Kootstra 5 Real‐Time Measures of the Multilingual Brain 100 Nicole Y. Y. Wicha, Eva María Moreno, and Haydée Carrasco-Ortíz 6 Neuroimaging Studies of Multilingual Speech 121 Angélique M. Blackburn 7 In Search of Memory Traces of a Forgotten Language 147 Ludmila Isurin 8 Brain Adaptations and Neurological Indices of Processing in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis 170 Vincent DeLuca, David Miller, Christos Pliatsikas, and Jason Rothman Part II Neural Representations 197 9 Language Organization in the Bilingual and Multilingual Brain 199 Nicola Del Maschio and Jubin Abutalebi 10 Bilingual Word Production 214 Jana Klaus and Herbert Schriefers 11 Multilingualism and Brain Plasticity 230 Christos Pliatsikas 12 Factors Affecting Cortical Representation 252 Angélique M. Blackburn 13 The Gift of Language Learning: Individual Differences in Non‐Native Speech Perception 277 Begoña Díaz, Miguel Burgaleta, and Nuria Sebastian‐Galles 14 Lexical Organization and Reorganization in the Multilingual Mind 297 Gary Libben and John W. Schwieter 15 Emotion and Emotion Concepts: Processing and Use in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers 313 Stephanie A. Kazanas, Jared S. McLean, and Jeanette Altarriba 16 Representing, Detecting, and Translating Humour in the Brain 335 Jennifer Hofmann and Frank A. Rodden Part III Functions and Processes 355 17 Multilingualism and Metacognitive Processing 357 Peter Bright, Julia Ouzia, and Roberto Filippi 18 Factors Affecting Multilingual Processing 372 Edalat Shekari and John W. Schwieter 19 Learning and Memory in the Bilingual Mind and Brain 389 Allison M. Wilck, Jeanette Altarriba, Roberto R. Heredia, and John W. Schwieter 20 Brain‐based Challenges of Second Language Learning in Older Adulthood 408 Zahra Hejazi, Jungna Kim, Teresa Signorelli Pisano, Yasmine Ouchikh, Aviva Lerman, and Loraine K. Obler 21 Language Control and Attention during Conversation: An Exploration 427 David W. Green 22 Cross‐Talk Between Language and Executive Control 447 Marco Calabria, Cristina Baus, and Albert Costa 23 What Language Experience Tells us about Cognition: Variable Input and Interactional Contexts Affect Bilingual Sentence Processing 467 Paola E. Dussias, Jorge R. Valdés Kroff, Anne L. Beatty‐Martínez, and Michael A. Johns 24 Translation, Interpreting, and the Bilingual Brain: Implications for Executive Control and Neuroplasticity 485 Bruce J. Diamond and Gregory M. Shreve 25 Event‐Related Potentials in Monolingual and Bilingual Non‐literal Language Processing 508 Anna Siyanova‐Chanturia, Paolo Canal, and Roberto R. Heredia Part IV Impairments and Disorders 531 26 Aphasia in the Multilingual Population 533 Elisa Cargnelutti, Barbara Tomasino, and Franco Fabbro 27 Recovery and Rehabilitation Patterns in Bilingual and Multilingual Aphasia 553 Claudia Peñaloza and Swathi Kiran 28 Primary Progressive Aphasia in Bilinguals and Multilinguals 572 Taryn Malcolm, Aviva Lerman, Marta Korytkowska, Jet M. J. Vonk, and Loraine K. Obler 29 Acquired Reading Disorders in Bilingualism 592 Mira Goral 30 Dementia and Multilingualism 608 Mariana Vega‐Mendoza, Suvarna Alladi, and Thomas H. Bak 31 Schizophrenia and Bilingualism 625 Daria Smirnova, Sveta Fichman, and Joel Walters Part V Cognitive and Neurocognitive Consequences 655 32 Neurocognitive Effects of Multilingualism Throughout the Lifespan: A Developmental Perspective 657 Hannah L. Claussenius‐Kalman and Arturo E. Hernandez 33 The Intense Bilingual Experience of Interpreting and Its Neurocognitive Consequences 685 Yanping Dong and Fei Zhong 34 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Quantity and Quality of the Evidence 701 Kenneth Paap 35 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Publication Biases and the Decline Effect 736 Angela de Bruin and Sergio Della Sala 36 Speech‐Sign Bilingualism: A Unique Window into the Multilingual Brain 754 Robin L. Thompson and Eva Gutierrez‐Sigut Index 784