3.华2016王瑞明Cognitive control and word recognition.pdfVIP

International Journal of Psychology, 2016 Vol. 51, No. 2, 93–101, DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12115 Cognitive control and word recognition speed influence the Stroop effect in bilinguals 1 1,2 1 3,4 Ruiming Wang , Xiaoyue Fan , Cong Liu , and Zhenguang G. Cai 1Center for Studies of Psychological Application, School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China 2Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing, China 3School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK 4Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, UK Bilinguals have been shown to be less susceptible to Stroop interference in their irst language than monolinguals, though the cause is currently being debated. In two experiments, we explored how cognitive control and word recognition contribute to the Stroop effect by contrasting cognitive control (via a Simon arrow task), word recognition speed (via a Chinese/English word recognition task) and Stroop susceptibility (via a verbal Stroop task) between proicient and non-proicient Chinese–English bilinguals. Compared to non-proicient bilinguals, proicient bilinguals showed better cognitive control at inhibiting irrelevant information, and they were slower at recognising Chinese words but quicker at recognising English words. Critically, we also showed that proicient bilinguals showed a smaller Stroop effect than non-proicient bilinguals in Chinese but a comparable Stroop effect as non-proicient bilinguals in English. The results cannot be accounted for by cognitive control or word recognition speed alone; instead, they are best accommodated by assuming that cognitive control and word recognition speed jointly deter