Neurocognitive Outcomes of Bilingualism and Effects on Language Learning (NOBELL)

The project aims to understand how bilingual experience creates brain adaptations that may affect subsequent language learning. The research has two main goals: identifying which aspects of bilingual experience affect brain- and cognitive factors like attention and working memory, and establishing whether these bilingualism-influenced processes improve novel language learning outcomes.

The study will recruit Norwegian-English bilingual adults and assess their language backgrounds and cognitive abilities at baseline. Participants will then spend three months learning Spanish via an app-based platform, with proficiency assessed throughout the period to examine how bilingual experience, via brain and cognitive adaptations, affects language learning over time.

NFR FRIPRO  357063

Grant amount: 7.6 MNOK