Cognitive Neuroscience in Multilingualism Research
A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 415
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase state-of-the-art research on the cognitive neuroscience of multilingualism. There has been a heated debate about the effects of bi/multilingualism on cognition. Inconsistent findings in this area have been attributed to a wide range of theoretical and methodological factors, such as the heterogeneity of tasks, of definitions of bi/multilingualism and of operationalizations of key constructs, the use of small samples, and fundamental differences between groups in between-group comparisons. A number of meta-analytic studies have shed light on the effect (or lack thereof) of bi/multilingualism on cognition as well as on its boundaries. Beside behavioral data on the cognitive effects of bi/multilingualism, a body of research has also focused on understanding the neural underpinnings of multilingual cognition. This Special Issue seeks to combine research across multiple disciplines including neurolinguistics, experimental psychology, neurobiology, and cognitive neuroscience to contribute to the most up-to-date research on multilingualism and cognition through a variety of neuroscientific methods, in both healthy and clinical populations.
The scope of this Issue can be, but is not limited to, any of the following topics:
- Neuroscientific methods in the study of:
- The neurocognitive effects of multilingualism;
- Multilingual acquisition and cognition across the lifespan;
- Multilingual language processing and cognition in different multilingual populations.
Dr. Mariana Vega Mendoza
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bilingualism
- multilingualism
- neuroscience
- language
- cognition
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