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  • When left is right: The role of typological similarity in multilinguals’ inhibitory control performance

  • Sarah Von Grebmer Zu Wolfsthurn, Anna Gupta, Leticia Pablos, Niels O. Schiller
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    Bilingualism: Language and Cognition / Volume 26 / Issue 1 / January 2023
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    29 July 2022, pp. 165-178
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  • Both inhibitory control and typological similarity between two languages feature frequently in current research on multilingual cognitive processing mechanisms. Yet, the modulatory effect of speaking two typologically highly similar languages on inhibitory control performance remains largely unexplored. However, this is a critical issue because it speaks directly to the organisation of the multilingual's cognitive architecture. In this study, we examined the influence of typological similarity on inhibitory control performance via a spatial Stroop paradigm in native Italian and native Dutch late learners of Spanish. Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find evidence for a differential Stroop effect size for the typologically similar group (Italian–Spanish) compared to the typologically dissimilar group (Dutch–Spanish). Our results therefore suggest a limited influence of typological similarity on inhibitory control performance. The study has critical implications for characterising inhibitory control processes in multilinguals.