2026-04-14T13:02:33Zhttps://uvadoc.uva.es/oai/requestoai:uvadoc.uva.es:10324/379942025-03-26T19:10:17Zcom_10324_1154com_10324_931com_10324_894col_10324_1290
Martínez González, Alejandro
2019-09-18T06:38:17Z
2019-09-18T06:38:17Z
2019
Languages, 2019, vol. 3, n. 4. 21 p.
2226-471X
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/37994
10.3390/languages4030068
Producción Científica
The role of language in numerical processing has traditionally been restricted to counting
and exact arithmetic. Nevertheless, the impact that each of a bilinguals’ languages may have in core
numerical representations has not been questioned until recently. What if the language in which math
has been first acquired (LLmath) had a bigger impact in our math processing? Based on previous
studies on language switching we hypothesize that balanced bilinguals would behave like unbalanced
bilinguals when switching between the two codes for math. In order to address this question, we
measured the brain activity with magneto encephalography (MEG) and source estimation analyses of
12 balanced Basque-Spanish speakers performing a task in which participants were unconscious of
the switches between the two codes. The results show an asymmetric switch cost between the two
codes for math, and that the brain areas responsible for these switches are similar to those thought
to belong to a general task switching mechanism. This implies that the dominances for math and
language could run separately from the general language dominance.
Departamento de Cultura y Política Lingüística del Gobierno Vasco (grant PRE_992)
Junta de Castilla y León - FEDER (Project VA009P17)
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Code-switching
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Bilingualism
Bilingüismo
Magnetoencephalography
Magnetoencefalografía
Numerical cognition
Cognición numérica
Language and Math: What If We Have Two Separate Naming Systems?
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