Alejandro Martinez

• Phd in congnitive neuroscience of language
• PostDoc Position at Catholic University of Ávila

Taza in Spanish refers to cups and mugs in English, whereas glass refers to different glass types in Spanish: copa and vaso . It is still unclear whether such categorical distinctions induce early perceptual differences in speakers of different languages. In this study, for the first time, we report symmetrical effects of terminology on preattentiv...

Languages vary considerably in how they group objects into categories. For example, the word taza in Spanish can refer to either cup or mug in English, whereas glass can refer to either copa or vaso – two different types of glasses –, in Spanish. It is still debated whether such language distinctions cause differences in early perceptual processing...

The role of language in numerical processing has traditionally been restricted to counting and exact arithmetic. Nevertheless, the impact that each of a bilinguals’ languages may have in core numerical representations has not been questioned until recently. What if the language in which math has been first acquired (LLmath) had a bigger impact in o...

Codeswitching is a powerful phenomenon to explore how the properties of the two language systems interact in the bilingual mind. This study focuses on this language contact situation by analyzing eye-tracking data recorded from a group of L1 Spanish – L2 English bilinguals. More specifically, and given that Spanish-English bilingual communities hav...

The role of language in numerical processing has traditionally been restricted to counting and exact arithmetic (Spelke & Tsivkin, 2001). However, the impact of each of the languages in core numerical representations hasn’t been questioned until recently (Salillas & Carreiras, 2014). What if the language in which math (LLmath) has been first acquir...

Developmental Dyscalculia (DD) is a learning difficulty in children with normal intelligence which affects the acquisition of school level arithmetic skills and magnitude representation. Most research has focused on monolingual children and little is known about how bilingual DD children process magnitude. Given the impact that the language for ear...

Unbalanced bilinguals show an asymmetric switch cost when switching from the non-dominant to the dominant language (Meuter & Allport, 1999; Chauncey, Grainger, & Holcomb, 2008; Costa & Santesteban, 2004); however, balanced bilinguals do not show this assymetry (Duñabeitia et al, 2010,). •Bilinguals show a preference for one of their languages (Spel...

Bilinguals show a preference for one of their languages (Spelkeand Tsivkinm, 2001; Salillas and Wicha, 2012; Bernardo 2001; Salillas& Carreiras, 2014) in their arithmetic representations. •We suggest that this preferred language is the Language of Learning Math (LLmath), vs. the other language (OL), and this preference affects magnitude comparison....

• It has been previously shown that the two languages are not equivalent for math (Bernardo, 2001; Spelke & Tsivkin,2001) in bilinguals. • One of the languages (Language of Learning Math - LLmath) has a preferred entrance to number semantics (Salillas and Carreiras, 2014; Salillas, Barraza and Carreiras, 2015, Salillas & Wicha, 2012) in comparison...

Background / Purpose: How visually presented finger-based number representations integrate with orally delivered numbers embedded in sentences? What is the interaction between the two types of finger patterns? How bilingual context influences the representation? Main conclusion: The N400 correctness effect revealed that each type of finger...