The main objective of this project is to investigate how cognitive control skills flexibly adjust depending on the type of language context a bilingual is in. For example, conversational contexts change depending on the person a bilingual speaks with. When having a conversation with (a) monolingual(s) you need to stick to one language, but when the speakers have different languages or are bilingual, we sometimes must switch between our languages. We explore how cognitive control mechanisms like attention and interference control flexibly adjust to the context to reach effective communication.

Principal investigator: dr Kalinka Timmer