Abstract English is the dominant language in the study of human cognition and behavior: the
individuals studied by cognitive scientists, as well as most of the scientists themselves, are …

In “The Devil's Dictionary”, Bierce (1911) defined language as “The music with which we
charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.” This satirical definition reflects a core truth …

The standard participant in cognitive research on the bilingual mental lexicon is literate in
English and some other European language written in the same (Latin) script, ie, in a shared …

The pervasive monolingual bias present within many societies threatens the well-being of
bilingual children and their families. Unfortunately, such bias is present in much …

Objective: Bilingual experiences are diverse, vibrant, and multidimensional. Yet, prior
research has often homogenized bilingualism and based outcomes upon monolingual …

A relatively recent development in linguistics is the emergence of the so-called usage-based
approach, which seeks the explanation of people's linguistic knowledge in the way human …

The Routledge Handbook of Language Contact provides an overview of the state of the art
of current research in contact linguistics. Presenting contact linguistics as an established …

Mentalizing, a dynamic form of social cognition, is strengthened by language experience.
Past research has found that bilingual children and adults outperform monolinguals on …

Bilingual language behaviour is driven by numerous factors that are usually studied in
isolation, even though individual factors never operate alone. Bringing together key insights …

Are bilinguals faster and/or better at performing numerical judgments in one language than
in their other language? What factors moderate language differences in number processing …