I am broadly interested in how language interacts with cognition and emotion, particularly through the lens of bilingual language control For bilinguals, both languages are often active simultaneously, even when only one is required. This process could lead to frequent unintended cross-language intrusions, but such errors are rare in spontaneous speech and the laboratory. Therefore, a bilingual language control mechanism is proposed to allow bilinguals to select which language to use at a given moment and in a given context. This control mechanism also enables bilinguals to switch flexibly between languages during the same conversation. .

My current research focuses on:
(1) Influence of emotional states on bilingual language control and its underlying mechanisms (Jiang, Meng, & Chen, 2024, JML).
(2) Dynamic interconnection between cognitive control (also known as executive function or executive control) and bilingual language control in comprehension (Jiang, Ma, & Chen, 2023, BLC; 2024, BLC) and speech production.

I mainly use electroencephalogram (EEG) and reaction time measures to investigate these topics.

You can explore my work by selecting one of the categories below.

(†) indicates the corresponding author

• Yang, S., Jiang, S.†, Jiang, M.†, & Guo, Q. (2024). Lexical pathway from L2 to L1 activation in intermediate proficient bilinguals: behavioral and ERP evidence. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 18(June), 1-13.
• Jiang, S., Meng, Y., & Chen, B.† (2024). The impact of emotional states on bilingual language control in cued and voluntary switching contexts. Journal of Memory and Language, 137(19), 104527.
• Jiang, S., Ma, L., & Chen, B.† (2024). The role of cognitive control in bilingual language comprehension: An event-related potential study of dense code-switching sentences. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 27(1), 137–153. (Accepted with minor revision)
• Jiang, S., Ma, L., & Chen, B.† (2023). Dynamic engagement of cognitive control in intra-sentential code-switching during comprehension. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 26(1), 62–77.
• Jiang, S., & Lu, S.† (2021). Applications of eye movement boundary paradigm to lexical processing research. Chinese Language in the World, 5, 1-15. (in Chinese)《边界范式在阅读中词汇加工机制研究中的应用》
• Jiang, S., Lu, S.†, & Wang, S. (2020). The processing of Chinese adhesive constructions in sentence reading: Evidence from word segmentation task. Journal of Chinese Language Education, 18(2), 1-21. (in Chinese)《汉语母语者与二语者粘合式结构的词切分研究》
• Lu, Z., Lu, S.†, & Jiang, S. (2019). The typological effect of the processing of N de V. Chinese Language Learning, 3, 78-86. (in Chinese)《”n的v“结构认知加工的类型学效应研究》

• VanPatten, B., Keating G. D., & Wulff, S. (Eds.). (2021). Theories in Second Language Acquisition: An Introduction. (Lu, S., & Jiang, S., Trans.). Beijing: China Commerce and Trade Press. (Original work published 2020).

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