The main goal of the project is to explore the impact of bilingualism in social information processing and, more specifically, in stereotype control. Although there is preliminary evidence indicating that bilinguals show greater flexibility in the categorization of social stimuli (i.e., faces), little is known about the impact of bilingualism in stereotype control, a process that requires cognitive flexibility.

Since the processing of stereotypes is guided by individual motivations and goals, in this project we also analyse the role of motivational variables (e.g., motivation to control prejudice) in the ability to exert stereotype control among bilinguals and monolinguals.

Principan investigator: Sofía Castro