Yury Shtyrov
Biographic Data
| ID | 1692296 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yury Shtyrov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yury |
| FAMILY NAME | Shtyrov |
| SIGNATURE | SHTYROV Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Research University Higher School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7203-4902 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The interplay between bilingualism and sleep quality in modulating executive performance
We investigated the interactive effects of bilingualism and sleep on executive functioning at the behavioral level. We conducted two experiments using two independent samples of bilingual young adults, the Flanker task to assess executive performance, the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index to measure retrospective sleep quality over a one-month period and the Insomnia Severity Index to assess insomnia-related symptoms. In Experiment 1, we registered b…
Interplay between switching, inhibition, and mental attention
Neurophysiological evidence of rapid holistic tone-based lexical access
Word accents are restricted by a word's morphological structure but also distinguish lexical meanings in minimal pairs. We investigated how early tonal information carried by morphophonemic word accents influences rapid lexical access in native speakers. We also asked whether tone-bearing words are decomposed into morphemes and word accents, or retrieved holistically via full-form neural representations. Here, suffix morpheme and word accent tone…
Embodied Lexical Semantics in a Second Language
Sensorimotor embodiment of emotional semantic representations in the second language (L2) has been largely studied through behavioral paradigms. However, most neuroscience research of embodied semantics has almost exclusively focused on the native language (L1). The representational architecture of emotive concepts (e.g., love, hate) in L2 has been explored from the neurocognitive perspective to a lesser degree. In this review, we first scrutiniz…
Supplementary materials
Linguistic distance affects executive performance in trilinguals
Recent research has highlighted potential benefits associated with bilingualism for overall cognitive efficiency and health. One understudied dimension of the bilingual experience is linguistic distance (LD), a measure defining how (dis)similar two given languages are. The previous study has explored the role of LD as a modulator of bilingualism-induced neurocognitive consequences in aging individuals. However, this has scarcely been investigated…
Lexico-Semantic Attrition of Native Language
Native language (L1) attrition is ubiquitous in modern globalized society, but its cognitive/psycholinguistic mechanisms are poorly understood. We investigated lexico-semantic L1 attrition in L1 Russian immigrants in Israel, who predominantly use their second language (L2), Hebrew, in daily life. We included Russian monolinguals as a control group. We tested two potential causal mechanisms of attrition: L2 interference versus L1 disuse. Participa…
А Database of 126 Images of Everyday Objects Standardized for Visual Attractiveness (Boss Extension)
Experimental studies in psychology and cognitive neuroscience often employ images of everyday objects as experimental stimuli. To ensure consistency and reliability across such studies, stimulus sets need to be subjected to rigorous standardization procedures leading to the creation of extensive databases that contain a wide range of detailed information regarding various properties of the depicted materials. However, while existing databases are…
Don’t Let Your Emotions Have the Upper Hand
The so-called cross-modal correspondence effect is a special case of multisensory integration; it manifests as faster and more accurate responses to simultaneously presented stimuli of different modalities that are congruent in certain features (e.g., high-pitch sound – high spatial location), as opposed to incongruent ones. This study assessed the extent to which individual emotional characteristics – both transient (induced emotional states) an…
Eye Movement Correlates of Working Memory Capacity
In reading, eye movements are typically influenced by both higher-level and lower-level cognitive processes that are affected by individual differences such as working memory capacity. However, the extent to which working memory impacts reading under increasing task demands remains uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the influence of working memory capacity, assessed via the n-back task, on peak saccade velocity during reading when …
Neural correlates of cross-alphabetic interference and integration in the biliterate brain
We investigated the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying bi-alphabetic reading using event-related potentials (ERPs). Brain activity was recorded using EEG in a group of Russian–English biliterates during a reading-aloud task with familiar and novel words. Capitalizing on a partial overlap between the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets, the stimuli were presented in L1 Cyrillic, L2 Roman, or in an ambiguous script, in a counterbalanced fashion. The…
Neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve effects in the Caudate Nucleus of young bilingual adults
This study investigates bilingualism-induced neuroplastic and cognitive-reserve effects in the Caudate Nucleus (CN), a structure believed to support both bilingual language control and domain-general executive functioning. We computed a generalized bilingualism index incorporating several dimensions of bilingual experience in a sample of bilingual young adults and tested whether this index would predict behavioral executive performance (measured …
Linguistic distance dynamically modulates the effects of bilingualism on executive performance in aging
To better explain various neurocognitive consequences of bilingualism, recent investigations have adopted continuous measures of bilingual experience, as opposed to binary bi/monolingual distinctions. However, few studies have considered whether bilingualism's effects on cognition are modulated by the linguistic distance (LD) between L1 and L2, and none of the existing studies has examined cognitive consequences of LD in aging populations. Here, …
Mapping of individual time units in horizontal space
We often refer to space when we talk about time. To support this, studies show that we tend to associate the past with the left and the future with the right, space. However, there is little research that compares the spatial mapping of individual time units within the same methodological framework. Here, we used the same line-bisection paradigm to study horizontal spatial biases in various individual time units (i.e., hours, days, and months). F…
Biliteracy and acquisition of novel written words
Phonological transfer effects in novice learners
Many aspects of a new language, including grammar rules, can be acquired and accessed within minutes. In the present study, we investigate how initial learners respond when the rules of a novel language are not adhered to. Through spoken word-picture association-learning, tonal and non-tonal speakers were taught artificial words. Along with lexicosemantic content expressed by consonants, the words contained grammatical properties embedded in vowe…
Individual differences in bilingual experience modulate executive control network and performance
Dual/multiple language use has been shown to affect cognition and its neural substrate, although the replicability of such findings varies, partially due to neglecting the role of interindividual variability in bilingual experience. To address this, we operationalized the main bilingual experience factors as continuous variables, investigating their effects on executive control performance and neural substrate deploying a Flanker task and structu…
Understanding Language Attrition through Orthography
The decay in the proficiency of the native language (L1), known as first language attrition, is one of the least understood phenomena associated with the acquisition of a second language (L2). Indeed, the exact cause for the deterioration in L1 performance, be that either the interference from L2 acquisition or the less frequent use of L1, still remains elusive. In this opinion paper, we focus on one largely understudied aspect of L1 attrition-na…
Referent’s Lexical Frequency Predicts Mismatch Negativity Responses to New Words Following Semantic Training
Cognitive and brain reserve in bilinguals
Cognitive and brain reserve in bilinguals
Understanding Language Attrition through Orthography
The decay in the proficiency of the native language (L1), known as first language attrition, is one of the least understood phenomena associated with the acquisition of a second language (L2). Indeed, the exact cause for the deterioration in L1 performance, be that either the interference from L2 acquisition or the less frequent use of L1, still remains elusive. In this opinion paper, we focus on one largely understudied aspect of L1 attrition-na…
Referent’s Lexical Frequency Predicts Mismatch Negativity Responses to New Words Following Semantic Training
Cognitive and brain reserve in bilinguals
Phonological transfer effects in novice learners
Many aspects of a new language, including grammar rules, can be acquired and accessed within minutes. In the present study, we investigate how initial learners respond when the rules of a novel language are not adhered to. Through spoken word-picture association-learning, tonal and non-tonal speakers were taught artificial words. Along with lexicosemantic content expressed by consonants, the words contained grammatical properties embedded in vowe…
Individual differences in bilingual experience modulate executive control network and performance
Dual/multiple language use has been shown to affect cognition and its neural substrate, although the replicability of such findings varies, partially due to neglecting the role of interindividual variability in bilingual experience. To address this, we operationalized the main bilingual experience factors as continuous variables, investigating their effects on executive control performance and neural substrate deploying a Flanker task and structu…
Understanding Language Attrition through Orthography
The decay in the proficiency of the native language (L1), known as first language attrition, is one of the least understood phenomena associated with the acquisition of a second language (L2). Indeed, the exact cause for the deterioration in L1 performance, be that either the interference from L2 acquisition or the less frequent use of L1, still remains elusive. In this opinion paper, we focus on one largely understudied aspect of L1 attrition-na…
Biliteracy and acquisition of novel written words
Mapping of individual time units in horizontal space
We often refer to space when we talk about time. To support this, studies show that we tend to associate the past with the left and the future with the right, space. However, there is little research that compares the spatial mapping of individual time units within the same methodological framework. Here, we used the same line-bisection paradigm to study horizontal spatial biases in various individual time units (i.e., hours, days, and months). F…
А Database of 126 Images of Everyday Objects Standardized for Visual Attractiveness (Boss Extension)
Experimental studies in psychology and cognitive neuroscience often employ images of everyday objects as experimental stimuli. To ensure consistency and reliability across such studies, stimulus sets need to be subjected to rigorous standardization procedures leading to the creation of extensive databases that contain a wide range of detailed information regarding various properties of the depicted materials. However, while existing databases are…
Don’t Let Your Emotions Have the Upper Hand
The so-called cross-modal correspondence effect is a special case of multisensory integration; it manifests as faster and more accurate responses to simultaneously presented stimuli of different modalities that are congruent in certain features (e.g., high-pitch sound – high spatial location), as opposed to incongruent ones. This study assessed the extent to which individual emotional characteristics – both transient (induced emotional states) an…
Eye Movement Correlates of Working Memory Capacity
In reading, eye movements are typically influenced by both higher-level and lower-level cognitive processes that are affected by individual differences such as working memory capacity. However, the extent to which working memory impacts reading under increasing task demands remains uncertain. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the influence of working memory capacity, assessed via the n-back task, on peak saccade velocity during reading when …
Neural correlates of cross-alphabetic interference and integration in the biliterate brain
We investigated the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying bi-alphabetic reading using event-related potentials (ERPs). Brain activity was recorded using EEG in a group of Russian–English biliterates during a reading-aloud task with familiar and novel words. Capitalizing on a partial overlap between the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets, the stimuli were presented in L1 Cyrillic, L2 Roman, or in an ambiguous script, in a counterbalanced fashion. The…
Neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve effects in the Caudate Nucleus of young bilingual adults
This study investigates bilingualism-induced neuroplastic and cognitive-reserve effects in the Caudate Nucleus (CN), a structure believed to support both bilingual language control and domain-general executive functioning. We computed a generalized bilingualism index incorporating several dimensions of bilingual experience in a sample of bilingual young adults and tested whether this index would predict behavioral executive performance (measured …
Linguistic distance dynamically modulates the effects of bilingualism on executive performance in aging
To better explain various neurocognitive consequences of bilingualism, recent investigations have adopted continuous measures of bilingual experience, as opposed to binary bi/monolingual distinctions. However, few studies have considered whether bilingualism's effects on cognition are modulated by the linguistic distance (LD) between L1 and L2, and none of the existing studies has examined cognitive consequences of LD in aging populations. Here, …
Embodied Lexical Semantics in a Second Language
Sensorimotor embodiment of emotional semantic representations in the second language (L2) has been largely studied through behavioral paradigms. However, most neuroscience research of embodied semantics has almost exclusively focused on the native language (L1). The representational architecture of emotive concepts (e.g., love, hate) in L2 has been explored from the neurocognitive perspective to a lesser degree. In this review, we first scrutiniz…
Supplementary materials
Linguistic distance affects executive performance in trilinguals
Recent research has highlighted potential benefits associated with bilingualism for overall cognitive efficiency and health. One understudied dimension of the bilingual experience is linguistic distance (LD), a measure defining how (dis)similar two given languages are. The previous study has explored the role of LD as a modulator of bilingualism-induced neurocognitive consequences in aging individuals. However, this has scarcely been investigated…
Lexico-Semantic Attrition of Native Language
Native language (L1) attrition is ubiquitous in modern globalized society, but its cognitive/psycholinguistic mechanisms are poorly understood. We investigated lexico-semantic L1 attrition in L1 Russian immigrants in Israel, who predominantly use their second language (L2), Hebrew, in daily life. We included Russian monolinguals as a control group. We tested two potential causal mechanisms of attrition: L2 interference versus L1 disuse. Participa…
The interplay between bilingualism and sleep quality in modulating executive performance
We investigated the interactive effects of bilingualism and sleep on executive functioning at the behavioral level. We conducted two experiments using two independent samples of bilingual young adults, the Flanker task to assess executive performance, the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index to measure retrospective sleep quality over a one-month period and the Insomnia Severity Index to assess insomnia-related symptoms. In Experiment 1, we registered b…
Interplay between switching, inhibition, and mental attention
Neurophysiological evidence of rapid holistic tone-based lexical access
Word accents are restricted by a word's morphological structure but also distinguish lexical meanings in minimal pairs. We investigated how early tonal information carried by morphophonemic word accents influences rapid lexical access in native speakers. We also asked whether tone-bearing words are decomposed into morphemes and word accents, or retrieved holistically via full-form neural representations. Here, suffix morpheme and word accent tone…
Psychology (16 works) · Cognition (11 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (11 works) · Cognitive psychology (10 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Neuroscience (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (8 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Language Development and Disorders (4 works)