神经刺激
语调(文学)
心理学
计算机科学
瞳孔测量
认知心理学
语言学
神经科学
小学生
刺激
哲学
作者
Nick B. Pandža,Ian Phillips,Valerie P. Karuzis,Polly O’Rourke,Stefanie E. Kuchinsky
出处
期刊:Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
[Cambridge University Press]
日期:2020-03-01
卷期号:40: 56-77
被引量:28
标识
DOI:10.1017/s0267190520000069
摘要
Abstract This paper begins by discussing new trends in the use of neurostimulation techniques in cognitive science and learning research, as well as the nascent research on their application in second language learning. To illustrate this, an experiment designed to investigate the impact of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS), which is delivered via earbuds, on how learners process and learn Mandarin tones is reported. Pupillometry, which is an index of cognitive effort, is explained and illustrated as one way to assess the impact of tVNS. Participants in the study were native English speakers, naïve to tone languages, pseudorandomly assigned to active or control conditions, while balancing for nonlinguistic pitch ability and musical experience. Their performance after tVNS was assessed using a range of more traditional language outcome measures, including accuracy and reaction times from lexical recognition and recall tasks and was triangulated with pupillometry during word-learning to help understand the mechanism through which tVNS operates. Findings are discussed in light of the literatures on lexical tone learning, cognitive effort, and neurostimulation, including specific benefits for learners of tone languages. Recommendations are made for future work on the increasingly popular area of neurostimulation for the field of applied linguistics in the 40th anniversary issue of ARAL.
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