Brain potentials reveal reduced sensitivity to negative content during second language production

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ID7148075
AutoresRafał Jończyk (0000-0002-2268-3792, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, autor correspondente), Marcin Naranowicz (0000-0002-3282-2442, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Tarik S Bel-Bahar, Tarik Bel‐Bahar (0000-0001-6802-471X, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Katarzyna Jankowiak (0000-0003-1200-9347, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Paweł Korpal (0000-0001-7479-936X, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Katarzyna Bromberek-Dyzman (0000-0002-8085-4983, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), Guillaume Thierry (0000-0003-1325-2656, Bangor University)
Ano2025
Volume28
Fascículo1
Páginas54-65
Data de publicação2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBilingualism Language and Cognition (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1366-7289 • E-ISSN: 1469-1841
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1366728924000075
OpenAlexW4392366332
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas80

Prior research suggests that bilinguals show reduced sensitivity to negative content when operating in the second language (L2). The available evidence, however, is limited to language comprehension. We tested the production of emotional words in Polish (L1)–English (L2) bilinguals in two EEG studies that manipulated emotional cueing. In Experiment 1 (neutral context), white or black circles indicated whether participants should read aloud (shadow) or translate a subsequently presented word. N400 amplitudes were selectively reduced for negative L2 words regardless of the task. In Experiment 2 (emotional context), we used black or white emojis, either sad or neutral, as cues. The previous interaction between word valence and language of operation vanished, but late positive potential amplitudes elicited by negative words were larger for translation from L2 to L1 (i.e., production in Polish) than L1 to L2. These results validate and extend to production previous findings of attenuated emotional response in L2 comprehension

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Emotional valence · Event-related potential · Linguistics · N400 · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Chemistry · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development