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Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language
Language is a cognitive function that is asymmetrically distributed across both hemispheres, with left dominance for most linguistic operations. One key question of interest in cognitive neuroscience studies is related to the contribution of both hemispheres in bilingualism. Previous work shows a di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736359 |
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author | Heyrani, Raheleh Nejati, Vahid Abbasi, Sara Hartwigsen, Gesa |
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description | Language is a cognitive function that is asymmetrically distributed across both hemispheres, with left dominance for most linguistic operations. One key question of interest in cognitive neuroscience studies is related to the contribution of both hemispheres in bilingualism. Previous work shows a difference of both hemispheres for auditory processing of emotional and non-emotional words in bilinguals and monolinguals. In this study, we examined the differences between both hemispheres in the processing of emotional and non-emotional words of mother tongue language and foreign language. Sixty university students with Persian mother tongue and English as their second language were included. Differences between hemispheres were compared using the dichotic listening test. We tested the effect of hemisphere, language and emotion and their interaction. The right ear (associated with the left hemisphere) showed an advantage for the processing of all words in the first language, and positive words in the second language. Overall, our findings support previous studies reporting left-hemispheric dominance in late bilinguals for processing auditory stimuli. |
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spelling | pubmed-88502802022-02-18 Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language Heyrani, Raheleh Nejati, Vahid Abbasi, Sara Hartwigsen, Gesa Front Psychol Psychology Language is a cognitive function that is asymmetrically distributed across both hemispheres, with left dominance for most linguistic operations. One key question of interest in cognitive neuroscience studies is related to the contribution of both hemispheres in bilingualism. Previous work shows a difference of both hemispheres for auditory processing of emotional and non-emotional words in bilinguals and monolinguals. In this study, we examined the differences between both hemispheres in the processing of emotional and non-emotional words of mother tongue language and foreign language. Sixty university students with Persian mother tongue and English as their second language were included. Differences between hemispheres were compared using the dichotic listening test. We tested the effect of hemisphere, language and emotion and their interaction. The right ear (associated with the left hemisphere) showed an advantage for the processing of all words in the first language, and positive words in the second language. Overall, our findings support previous studies reporting left-hemispheric dominance in late bilinguals for processing auditory stimuli. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8850280/ /pubmed/35185667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736359 Text en Copyright © 2022 Heyrani, Nejati, Abbasi and Hartwigsen. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Heyrani, Raheleh Nejati, Vahid Abbasi, Sara Hartwigsen, Gesa Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title | Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title_full | Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title_fullStr | Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title_full_unstemmed | Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title_short | Laterality in Emotional Language Processing in First and Second Language |
title_sort | laterality in emotional language processing in first and second language |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8850280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35185667 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.736359 |
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