THE HANDBOOK OF THE NEUROSCIENCE OF MULTILINGUALISM

• Part I Theories and Methods 1
1 Defining and Assessing Multilingualism 3
2 Cognitive Neuroscience and Multilingualism 19
3 What Do Bilingual Models Tell Us About the Neurocognition of Multiple Languages? 48
4 Psycholinguistic Methods in Multilingual Research 75
5 Real-Time Measures of the Multilingual Brain 100
6 Neuroimaging Studies of Multilingual Speech 121
7 In Search of Memory Traces of a Forgotten Language 147
8 Brain Adaptations and Neurological Indices of Processing in Adult Second Language Acquisition: Challenges for the Critical Period Hypothesis 170
• Part II Neural Representations 197
9 Language Organization in the Bilingual and Multilingual Brain 199
10 Bilingual Word Production 214
11 Multilingualism and Brain Plasticity 230
12 Factors Affecting Cortical Representation 252
13 The Gift of Language Learning: Individual Differences in Non-Native Speech Perception 277
14 Lexical Organization and Reorganization in the Multilingual Mind 297
15 Emotion and Emotion Concepts: Processing and Use in Monolingual and Bilingual Speakers 313
16 Representing, Detecting, and Translating Humour in the Brain 335
• Part III Functions and Processes 355
17 Multilingualism and Metacognitive Processing 357
18 Factors Affecting Multilingual Processing 372
19 Learning and Memory in the Bilingual Mind and Brain 389
20 Brain-based Challenges of Second Language Learning in Older Adulthood 408
21 Language Control and Attention during Conversation: An Exploration 427
22 Cross-Talk Between Language and Executive Control 447
23 What Language Experience Tells us about Cognition: Variable Input and Interactional Contexts Affect Bilingual Sentence Processing 467
24 Translation, Interpreting, and the Bilingual Brain: Implications for Executive Control and Neuroplasticity 485
25 Event-Related Potentials in Monolingual and Bilingual Non-literal Language Processing 508
• Part IV Impairments and Disorders 531
26 Aphasia in the Multilingual Population 533
27 Recovery and Rehabilitation Patterns in Bilingual and Multilingual Aphasia 553
28 Primary Progressive Aphasia in Bilinguals and Multilinguals 572
29 Acquired Reading Disorders in Bilingualism 592
30 Dementia and Multilingualism 608
31 Schizophrenia and Bilingualism 625
• Part V Cognitive and Neurocognitive Consequences 655
32 Neurocognitive Effects of Multilingualism Throughout the Lifespan: A Developmental Perspective 657
33 The Intense Bilingual Experience of Interpreting and its Neurocognitive Consequences 685
34 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Quantity and Quality of the Evidence 701
35 The Bilingual Advantage Debate: Publication Biases and the Decline Effect 736
36 Speech-Sign Bilingualism: A Unique Window into the Multilingual Brain 754
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The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism provides a comprehensive survey of neurocognitive investigations of multiple-language speakers. Prominent scholar John W. Schwieter offers a unique collection of works from globally recognized researchers in neuroscience, psycholinguistics, neurobiology, psychology, neuroimaging, and others, to provide a multidisciplinary overview of relevant topics. Authoritative coverage of state-of-the-art research provides readers with fundamental knowledge of significant theories and methods, language impairments and disorders, and neural representations, functions, and processes of the multilingual brain.

Focusing on up-to-date theoretical and experimental research, this timely handbook explores new directions of study and examines significant findings in the rapidly evolving field of multilingual neuroscience. Discussions on the bilingual advantage debate, recovery and rehabilitation patterns in multilingual aphasia, and the neurocognitive effects of multilingualism throughout the lifespan allow informed investigation of contemporary issues.

• Presents the first handbook-length examination of the neuroscience and neurolinguistics of multilingualism
• Demonstrates how neuroscience and multilingualism intersect several areas of research, such as neurobiology and experimental psychology
• Includes works from prominent international scholars and researchers to provide global perspective
• Reflects cutting-edge research and promising areas of future study in the dynamic field of multilingual neuroscience

The Handbook of the Neuroscience of Multilingualism is an invaluable resource for researchers and scholars in areas including multilingualism, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, and cognitive science. This versatile work is also an indispensable addition to the classroom, providing advanced undergraduate and graduate students a thorough overview of the field.