Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study.
Whether using two languages enhances executive functions is a matter of debate. Here, we take a novel perspective to examine the bilingual advantage hypothesis by comparing bi-dialect with mono-dialect speakers' performance on a non-linguistic task that requires executive control. Two groups of...
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| description | Whether using two languages enhances executive functions is a matter of debate. Here, we take a novel perspective to examine the bilingual advantage hypothesis by comparing bi-dialect with mono-dialect speakers' performance on a non-linguistic task that requires executive control. Two groups of native Chinese speakers, one speaking only the standard Chinese Mandarin and the other also speaking the Southern-Min dialect, which differs from the standard Chinese Mandarin primarily in phonology, performed a classic Flanker task. Behavioural results showed no difference between the two groups, but event-related potentials recorded simultaneously revealed a number of differences, including an earlier P2 effect in the bi-dialect as compared to the mono-dialect group, suggesting that the two groups engage different underlying neural processes. Despite differences in the early ERP component, no between-group differences in the magnitude of the Flanker effects, which is an index of conflict resolution, were observed in the N2 component. Therefore, these findings suggest that speaking two dialects of one language does not enhance executive functions. Implications of the current findings for the bilingual advantage hypothesis are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8676e1a6c3054b2ab605ddf2e4628f072022-12-22T03:08:35ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01113e015049210.1371/journal.pone.0150492Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study.Yan Jing WuHaoyun ZhangTaomei GuoWhether using two languages enhances executive functions is a matter of debate. Here, we take a novel perspective to examine the bilingual advantage hypothesis by comparing bi-dialect with mono-dialect speakers' performance on a non-linguistic task that requires executive control. Two groups of native Chinese speakers, one speaking only the standard Chinese Mandarin and the other also speaking the Southern-Min dialect, which differs from the standard Chinese Mandarin primarily in phonology, performed a classic Flanker task. Behavioural results showed no difference between the two groups, but event-related potentials recorded simultaneously revealed a number of differences, including an earlier P2 effect in the bi-dialect as compared to the mono-dialect group, suggesting that the two groups engage different underlying neural processes. Despite differences in the early ERP component, no between-group differences in the magnitude of the Flanker effects, which is an index of conflict resolution, were observed in the N2 component. Therefore, these findings suggest that speaking two dialects of one language does not enhance executive functions. Implications of the current findings for the bilingual advantage hypothesis are discussed.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4798723?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Yan Jing Wu Haoyun Zhang Taomei Guo Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. PLoS ONE |
| title | Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. |
| title_full | Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. |
| title_fullStr | Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. |
| title_short | Does Speaking Two Dialects in Daily Life Affect Executive Functions? An Event-Related Potential Study. |
| title_sort | does speaking two dialects in daily life affect executive functions an event related potential study |
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