Project Advisor(s) (Students Only)
Dr. Rupa Gordon, Dr. Ana Borderia Garcia
Presentation Type (All Applicants)
Oral Presentation
Disciplines (All Applicants)
Cognitive Neuroscience | Systems Neuroscience
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
This study examines the effect of Second Language proficiency on the hemispheres of the brain. This will tell us if and how the brain processes a second language differently. Comparisons explore English versus Spanish listening tasks, and right versus left hemisphere activation in students with varying proficiencies in the Spanish program at Augustana. This is one of the first experiments to use the new in-house electroencephalography (EEG) technology in the Augustana neuroscience program.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
West, Haley. "Effect of Proficiency Level on the Neural Responses of Students Learning Spanish as a Second Language" (2016). Celebration of Learning.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/celebrationoflearning/2016/posters/1
Effect of Proficiency Level on the Neural Responses of Students Learning Spanish as a Second Language
This study examines the effect of Second Language proficiency on the hemispheres of the brain. This will tell us if and how the brain processes a second language differently. Comparisons explore English versus Spanish listening tasks, and right versus left hemisphere activation in students with varying proficiencies in the Spanish program at Augustana. This is one of the first experiments to use the new in-house electroencephalography (EEG) technology in the Augustana neuroscience program.