Invited Speaker

Talk Schedule

April 19th (Sat),  9:30-10:30

Profile

Esti Blanco-Elorrieta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University. In their research, they combine insights from monolingual and multilingual individuals, who process language through speech or sign, to inform an inclusive and comprehensive account of the neural bases of language. Their research combines data from a variety of sources (e.g., MEG, fMRI, computational modeling and neuropsychology) and theoretical insights from linguistics, psychology, and neuroscience. Further, they take a naturalistic approach to inform theories that aim to capture the multifaceted and socially influenced experience of what it means to communicate in the real world.
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Title

The neurobiology of bilingualism: insights from neuroimaging and neuropsychology.

Abstract

The majority of the world is multilingual. However, research on this population has not been commensurate with its demographic relevance. In this talk, I present a series of magnetoencephalography (MEG) studies that systematically target fundamental questions about the neural bases of bilingual language use across a range of conversational contexts in production and comprehension. The results lay the groundwork to propose a theory of the neural bases of language that can explain monolingual and bilingual language production, and that has implications for our understanding of language disorders in bilingual individuals. I will finish the talk by presenting neuroimaging and neuropsychological data that supports this theory.



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