05Cognitive Neuroscience

Language Switching and the Multilingual Brain

How do multilingual Indian adolescents (Telugu–English–Hindi/Sanskrit) experience and describe code-switching, and what do their accounts suggest about cognitive control in the bilingual brain?

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Abstract

A qualitative study exploring language switching among multilingual Indian adolescents and its relationship with cognitive control.

Approach

Methodology

Conducted 14 semi-structured interviews
Used think-aloud language-switching tasks
Participants were multilingual teenagers aged 15–18
Coded transcripts using reflexive thematic analysis
Mapped analysis to the Adaptive Control Hypothesis
Prepared a 4,000-word research paper for submission to a high-school research journal

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