I am broadly interested in how bilingualism interacts with cognition and emotion. My current research focuses on:

(1) Influence of emotional states on bilingual language controlFor 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. (Jiang, Meng, & Chen, 2024, JML; Jiang, Zhang, & Chen, 2026, BLC).
(2) Dynamic interconnection between bilingual language control and domain-general cognitive control (Jiang, Ma, & Chen, 2023, BLC; 2024, BLC).
(3) Influence of bilingualism on emotion regulation.

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

Below you can explore a selection of my work. A full list of publications is available on my Google Scholar profile.

(†) indicates the corresponding author

• Jiang, S., Zhang, X., & Chen, B.† (published online Apr 2026). Adaptive compensatory mechanism in the regulation of language switching performance under negative emotional states: An ERP study. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
• 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》

• 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).

Coming soon.

• 2025 - Present, Youth Project of Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science（2025年度上海市哲学社会科学规划青年课题）
  Research on Mutual Influence between Bilingual Context Switching and Cognitive Control (“双语者语境切换与认知控制的双向影响研究”)
  
• 2024 - Present, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities（基本科研业务费项目-新进教师科研启动经费）
  The Neurocognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Influence of Emotional States on Bilingual Adaptive Control (“情绪状态影响双语适应性控制的认知神经机制”)