CSRB Range of Expertise
Content Expertise
- Nature of bilingual language and cognitive representations and processes in mind and brain
- Bilingual language acquisition and second language acquisition
- Transfer of content and language learning across languages
- Language comprehension (reading, listening)
- Language production (speaking, writing)
- Phonology, orthography, syntax, semantics, pragmatics
- Language interaction, language interference, and language control processes
- Learning content in more or less fluent languages
- Language mixing / code switching
- Lifespan changes in bilingual language and cognition from early childhood to older adulthood, including in individuals with atypical development or aging
- Effects of neuropsychological disorders, communication disorders, brain injury, and mental health disorders on bilingual language and cognitive function
- Impact of language proficiency and experience on language and cognitive function
- Objective and self-report assessment of bilingual proficiency and dominance
Methodological Expertise
Types of Measurements
- Response Times and Error Rates
- Standarized Assessments
- Eye Tracking
- Evoked Response Potentials (ERP)
- Acoustic Analyses
- Audiometric Analyses
Statistical analyses and Quantitative Models
- ANOVA techniques, including contrasts and trends, complex designs
- Linear and Logistic Regression
- Linear and Logistic Mixed-Effects Regression (Multi-level models and/or crossed random effects)
- Categorical Data Analysis (Multiway Contingency Tables Analysis, Signal Detection Theory, Multinomial Processing-Tree Models)