Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3531663 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley Chung-Fat-Yim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley |
| FAMILY NAME | Chung-Fat-Yim |
| SIGNATURE | CHUNG-FAT-YIM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6905-8302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Co-registration of EEG and eye-tracking in psycholinguistics and bilingualism research
Eye-tracking and electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings provide a window into the human mind. Combining both methods through co-registration offers a powerful and innovative approach for examining how cognitive and neural processes unfold in real time. While both EEG and eye-tracking have independently advanced our understanding of bilingual language processing, co-registration research in the field of bilingualism remains scarce. Given the potent…
Language experience influences performance on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery
Studies investigating the effects of bilingualism on cognitive function have often yielded conflicting results, which may stem in part from the use of arbitrary criteria to categorize participants into groups based on language experience. The present study addresses this limitation by using a machine learning algorithm, known as cluster analysis, to identify naturally occurring subgroups of participants with similar language profiles. In a sample…
The Power of Language
Multilingualism and mentalizing abilities in adults
Bilingual children have better Theory-of-Mind compared to monolingual children, but comparatively little research has examined whether this advantage in social cognitive ability also applies to adults. The current study investigated whether multilingual status and/or number of known languages predicts performance on a mentalizing task in a large sample of adult participants. Multilingualism was decomposed based on whether English is the first lan…
Cultural background and input familiarity influence multisensory emotion perception
We conclude that cultural background and input familiarity interact to influence modality dominance during multisensory emotion perception. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Predictors of language proficiency and cultural identification in heritage bilinguals
According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau, more than 66 million residents over the age of 5 in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Some bilinguals become dominant in the majority language that is spoken in the community as opposed to their native “heritage” language acquired at home. The objective of the current study was to uncover the predictors of language proficiency and cultural identification in different groups of…
The swerve
Early research that relied on standardized assessments of intelligence reported negative effects of bilingualism for children, but a study by Peal and Lambert (1962) reported better performance by bilingual than monolingual children on verbal and nonverbal intelligence tests. This outcome led to the view that bilingualism was a positive experience. However, subsequent research abandoned intelligence tests as the assessment tool and evaluated perf…
Cultural Experience Influences Multisensory Emotion Perception in Bilinguals
Emotion perception frequently involves the integration of visual and auditory information. During multisensory emotion perception, the attention devoted to each modality can be measured by calculating the difference between trials in which the facial expression and speech input exhibit the same emotion (congruent) and trials in which the facial expression and speech input exhibit different emotions (incongruent) to determine the modality that has…
Does language context impact the neural correlates of executive control in monolingual and multilingual young adults
Continuous effects of bilingualism and attention on Flanker task performance
Both bilingualism and attention contribute to the development of executive functioning (EF), with higher levels of both leading to better outcomes. The present study treats bilingualism and attention as continuous variables to investigate their impact on EF. Eighty-two 9-year-olds who were attending a French school in an anglophone community completed a flanker task. Children's progress in French represented their level of bilingualism, and atten…
The impact of bilingualism on executive function in adolescents
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: In early childhood and older adulthood, bilinguals generally demonstrate better performance on executive function tasks than their monolingual counterparts, but in the young adult population, these differences are infrequently observed. However, few studies have examined these effects in the adolescent population, so the trajectory of these changes is unclear. The objective of the study was to compa…
The swerve
Early research that relied on standardized assessments of intelligence reported negative effects of bilingualism for children, but a study by Peal and Lambert (1962) reported better performance by bilingual than monolingual children on verbal and nonverbal intelligence tests. This outcome led to the view that bilingualism was a positive experience. However, subsequent research abandoned intelligence tests as the assessment tool and evaluated perf…
Cultural background and input familiarity influence multisensory emotion perception
We conclude that cultural background and input familiarity interact to influence modality dominance during multisensory emotion perception. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
The impact of bilingualism on executive function in adolescents
Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: In early childhood and older adulthood, bilinguals generally demonstrate better performance on executive function tasks than their monolingual counterparts, but in the young adult population, these differences are infrequently observed. However, few studies have examined these effects in the adolescent population, so the trajectory of these changes is unclear. The objective of the study was to compa…
Continuous effects of bilingualism and attention on Flanker task performance
Both bilingualism and attention contribute to the development of executive functioning (EF), with higher levels of both leading to better outcomes. The present study treats bilingualism and attention as continuous variables to investigate their impact on EF. Eighty-two 9-year-olds who were attending a French school in an anglophone community completed a flanker task. Children's progress in French represented their level of bilingualism, and atten…
Does language context impact the neural correlates of executive control in monolingual and multilingual young adults
Predictors of language proficiency and cultural identification in heritage bilinguals
According to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau, more than 66 million residents over the age of 5 in the United States speak a language other than English at home. Some bilinguals become dominant in the majority language that is spoken in the community as opposed to their native “heritage” language acquired at home. The objective of the current study was to uncover the predictors of language proficiency and cultural identification in different groups of…
The swerve
Early research that relied on standardized assessments of intelligence reported negative effects of bilingualism for children, but a study by Peal and Lambert (1962) reported better performance by bilingual than monolingual children on verbal and nonverbal intelligence tests. This outcome led to the view that bilingualism was a positive experience. However, subsequent research abandoned intelligence tests as the assessment tool and evaluated perf…
Cultural Experience Influences Multisensory Emotion Perception in Bilinguals
Emotion perception frequently involves the integration of visual and auditory information. During multisensory emotion perception, the attention devoted to each modality can be measured by calculating the difference between trials in which the facial expression and speech input exhibit the same emotion (congruent) and trials in which the facial expression and speech input exhibit different emotions (incongruent) to determine the modality that has…
Multilingualism and mentalizing abilities in adults
Bilingual children have better Theory-of-Mind compared to monolingual children, but comparatively little research has examined whether this advantage in social cognitive ability also applies to adults. The current study investigated whether multilingual status and/or number of known languages predicts performance on a mentalizing task in a large sample of adult participants. Multilingualism was decomposed based on whether English is the first lan…
Cultural background and input familiarity influence multisensory emotion perception
We conclude that cultural background and input familiarity interact to influence modality dominance during multisensory emotion perception. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Language experience influences performance on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery
Studies investigating the effects of bilingualism on cognitive function have often yielded conflicting results, which may stem in part from the use of arbitrary criteria to categorize participants into groups based on language experience. The present study addresses this limitation by using a machine learning algorithm, known as cluster analysis, to identify naturally occurring subgroups of participants with similar language profiles. In a sample…
The Power of Language
Co-registration of EEG and eye-tracking in psycholinguistics and bilingualism research
Eye-tracking and electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings provide a window into the human mind. Combining both methods through co-registration offers a powerful and innovative approach for examining how cognitive and neural processes unfold in real time. While both EEG and eye-tracking have independently advanced our understanding of bilingual language processing, co-registration research in the field of bilingualism remains scarce. Given the potent…
Psychology (9 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Neuroscience of multilingualism (5 works) · Multilingualism (4 works) · Neuroscience (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)