exical Production and Cognitive Control in Bilinguals

This research has received partial funding from Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University, which just concerns financial compensation for participants. 0 sites50 target enrollmentTBD

ConditionsBilingual Lexical Production, Cognitive Control

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Bilingual Lexical Production, Cognitive Control
Sponsor: This research has received partial funding from Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University, which just concerns financial compensation for participants.
Enrollment: 50
Status: Not yet recruiting
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Registry

who.int

Start Date

TBD

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Observational non invasive

Investigators

Sponsor

This research has received partial funding from Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University, which just concerns financial compensation for participants.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Participants will be healthy, volunteer, right\-handed Dutch\-English bilinguals, without any report and history of neurological or psychiatric problems and no counter\-indications to MRI. Their age will not be more than thirty. In addition, in this study upper intermediate bilinguals will be included and the main criteria to assess this level of bilingualism will be a quick placement test published by Oxford University Press.

Exclusion Criteria

•Left\-handed volunteers, balanced bilinguals, bilinguals with less than upper intermediate proficiency in English language, the ones who are more than 30 years old, and have any report and history of neurological or psychiatric problems will be excluded from this study. Potential participants will be pre\-screened for contraindications for fMRI, which include metal implants, heart arrhythmia, claustrophobia, and possible pregnancy (in females). They will additionally be pre\-screened for head trauma, history of neurological or psychiatric illness and/or use of psychotropic medications. The ones with the positive results in pre\-screen section will be excluded.