在两个大脑半球的视觉模拟:双语视角
1The Program of Cognitive Studies of Language and its Uses, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 6997801 Tel Aviv, Israel; The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa, 199 Aba Khoushy Ave. Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel.
Brain and language
|June 5, 2023
概括
右半球 (RH) 在阅读时构建视觉模拟,无论语言如何. 然而,在典型的中央演示条件下,这种RH视觉模拟能力在第二语言 (L2) 阅读中减少.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 心理语言学 心理语言学
背景情况:
- 半球在语言处理方面的专业化.
- 在语言理解过程中进行视觉模拟.
- 在第一语言 (L1) 和第二语言 (L2) 处理中的差异.
研究的目的:
- 在L1和L2读数的视觉模拟中调查半球参与.
- 确定视觉模拟能力是否在半球和语言之间有所不同.
- 在L2视觉模拟中探索右半球 (RH) 的作用.
主要方法:
- 晚期双语者执行句子图片验证任务.
- 在左/右视野 (LVF/RVF) 呈现的刺激,以准右/左半球 (RH/LH).
- 测量了形状匹配与形状不匹配的图片句子对的反应时间.
主要成果:
- 观察到视觉形状效应 (对匹配形状的更快响应),不论语言.
- 这种形状效应仅在左视野/右半球 (LVF/RH) 呈现时具有意义.
- 在右视野/左半球 (RVF/LH) 中没有发现显著的形状效应.
结论:
- 在读取过程中视觉模拟在RH中比LH更有可能发生.
- 在中央呈现下,RH可能与L1读数相比,不太参与L2读数.
- 视觉模拟中的半球角色可能因语言熟练程度和呈现条件而异.
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