¡Hola! Nice to Meet You: Language Mixing and Biographical Information Processing
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Male1 | Male2 | Male3 | Female1 | Female2 | Female3 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Aimar | Markel | Iker | Ane | Irati | June |
Age | 18 | 22 | 26 | 19 | 23 | 27 |
Favorite Food | Chicken | Apple | Fish | Bread | Egg | Cheese |
Favorite Animal | Dog | Bear | Bird | Horse | Rabbit | Frog |
Profession | Dancer | Cook | Photographer | Fire-fighter | Teacher | Athlete |
Language | Task | Day | Accuracy (% Hits) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Basque | Recall | 1 | 0.549 | (0.498) |
2 | 0.502 | (0.500) | ||
Recognition | 1 | 0.554 | (0.497) | |
2 | 0.515 | (0.500) | ||
Mixed | Recall | 1 | 0.556 | (0.497) |
2 | 0.477 | (0.500) | ||
Recognition | 1 | 0.536 | (0.499) | |
2 | 0.490 | (0.500) | ||
Spanish | Recall | 1 | 0.582 | (0.493) |
2 | 0.493 | (0.500) | ||
Recognition | 1 | 0.559 | (0.497) | |
2 | 0.533 | (0.499) |
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Antón, E.; Duñabeitia, J.A. ¡Hola! Nice to Meet You: Language Mixing and Biographical Information Processing. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 703. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060703
Antón E, Duñabeitia JA. ¡Hola! Nice to Meet You: Language Mixing and Biographical Information Processing. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(6):703. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060703
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntón, Eneko, and Jon Andoni Duñabeitia. 2021. "¡Hola! Nice to Meet You: Language Mixing and Biographical Information Processing" Brain Sciences 11, no. 6: 703. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060703
APA StyleAntón, E., & Duñabeitia, J. A. (2021). ¡Hola! Nice to Meet You: Language Mixing and Biographical Information Processing. Brain Sciences, 11(6), 703. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060703