Mohammad Momenian

Biographic Data

ID5889824
NAMEMohammad Momenian
GIVEN NAMESMohammad
FAMILY NAMEMomenian
SIGNATUREMOMENIAN M
AFFILIATIONSHong Kong Polytechnic University
ORCID0000-0002-0310-8549
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Investigating the “bilingual edge”: Origins, current practices, and future directions

    Open AccessAdam John Privitera, Jia’en Yee et al.ARTICLEBrain and Language2026

    We revisit Ellen Bialystok's seminal chapter, "Selective Attention in Cognitive Processing: The Bilingual Edge", exploring its impact on over three decades of research. We explore how theoretical and methodological advances have refined our understanding of the cognitive effects of bilingualism including shifts in how bilingualism is operationalized and assessed, the application of neuroimaging techniques, and the adoption of more robust statisti…

  • Nouns are not always processed faster than verbs in bilingual speakers: Effects of language distance

    Open AccessMohammad Momenian, Adam John Privitera et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2024

    The purpose of the current report is to study the effects of language distance on noun and verb processing in bilingual speakers. We recruited two groups of bilingual speakers: one group spoke two typologically distant languages (Cantonese and English) and the other group spoke two typologically similar languages (Mandarin and Cantonese). Participants named object and action pictures in their first language. We controlled psycholinguistic propert…

  • A comparison of learning and retention of a syntactic construction between Cantonese-speaking children with and without DLD in a priming task

    Open AccessAnita M-y Wong, Cecilia W-S Au et al.ARTICLEBrain and Language2024

    This is the structural priming study on Cantonese-speaking school-aged children with and without DLD. • The study examined the learning and retention of the indirect object relative clause. • Children with DLD did not learn the construction as well as their peers. • Children with DLD probably retained the construction less well also. Procedural circuit Deficit Hypothesis (PDH) of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) predicts problems with learni…

  • Graded bilingual effects on attentional network function in Chinese high school students

    Open AccessAdam John Privitera, Mohammad Momenian et al.ARTICLEBilingualism Language and Cognition2023

    Effective communication in multilingual environments requires bilinguals to constantly monitor linguistic cues. It is hypothesized that the constant need to monitor may result in improved attention. However, previous investigations have reported mixed, often null results, with positive findings attributed to non-linguistic variables. To address these issues, we investigated whether higher levels of bilingualism were associated with improved atten…

  • Modeling the bilingual advantage: Do results differ between analysis methods

    Open AccessAdam John Privitera, Mohammad Momenian et al.ARTICLEAmpersand2023

    Whether bilingualism results in improved executive function is controversial. According to some researchers, putative bilingual advantages can be explained by individual differences in unmeasured non-linguistic variables. Additionally, commonly used models containing exclusively fixed-effects do not account for the data structure inherent in multi-trial behavioral tasks. Mixed-effects models by contrast address both of these issues, allowing for …

  • Compound words are decomposed regardless of semantic transparency and grammatical class: An fMRI study in Persian

    Open AccessMohammad Momenian, Narges Radman et al.ARTICLELingua2021References: 1