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The Influence of Cultural Context on Language Activation in Korean-English Bilinguals

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dc.contributor.advisorBialystok, Ellen B.
dc.creatorBerkes, Matthias Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-10T16:30:57Z
dc.date.available2014-07-10T16:30:57Z
dc.date.copyright2013-10-04
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T16:01:22Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Developmental & Cognitive Processes)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractBoth languages for bilinguals are jointly activated even when performance is clearly restricted to one. The present study investigated the role of cultural cues on the relative level of joint linguistic activation. Twenty-two Korean-English bilinguals were presented with a picture and an audio cue and indicated via button press whether the heard label named the depicted object while EEG was recorded. In the critical blocks, the pictures represented exemplars that were more typically English or Korean, even though both exemplars take the same name in both languages (e.g., North American soup vs. Korean soup). English or Korean labels for the same set of pictures were presented in separate blocks. Reaction times were significantly faster for trials in which the auditory stimulus correctly named the object and the language matched the cultural bias. Providing the correct label in either language significantly attenuated the N400. A late positive component (LPC) was present for trials in which the label was correct, and was more positive when viewing Korean exemplars with English audio. No differences were seen when either English or Korean pictures were paired with Korean auditory stimuli. Therefore, effects of cultural context and semantic integration appear to be separate.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27570
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectSociolinguisticsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsRTsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsKoreanen_US
dc.subject.keywordsBilingualsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCultural contexten_US
dc.subject.keywordsLanguageen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSelectionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage activationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInhibitionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSemantic integrationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsN400en_US
dc.subject.keywordsLPCen_US
dc.subject.keywordsP600en_US
dc.subject.keywordsElectroencephalographyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEEGen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEvent-related potentialsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsERPsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsReaction timesen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of Cultural Context on Language Activation in Korean-English Bilingualsen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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