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Cognitive Flexibility and Bilingual Language Switching: An fMRI Meta-Analysis
European Journal of Neuroscience. 2026. Vol. 64. No. 1. P. 1–25.
Bilinguals' language‐switching ability is regulated by language control mechanisms associated with executive control system. Cognitive flexibility (CF), one of the executive functions, is closely linked to language switching. Existing functional magnetic resonance imaging data demonstrate diverse patterns of neural activity elicited in language‐switching and CF tasks, and the degree of overlap between the respective brain networks remains obscure. To address this, we examined neural correlates of language switching in young late bilinguals, as well as common and distinct neural mechanisms of language‐switching tasks and CF. To this end, we conducted activation likelihood estimation meta‐analysis of 107 experiments, extracted from 83 eligible articles with a total of 1977 participants. These studies used the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) for assessing rule‐discovery and the task‐switching paradigm (TSP) for rule‐retrieval switching—the two most common tasks in CF research. Language switching, in turn, was measured by language‐switching paradigms (e.g., cued picture‐naming task). We observed no differences in neural correlates of language switching and TSP (rule retrieval), whereas, when compared with WCST (rule discovery), language‐switching‐specific activity was detected in the left pre‐supplementary motor area/anterior cingulate cortex complex. These results indicate a common nature of language switching and TSP, linking both kinds of switching to rule retrieval. Conjunction analysis of the three tasks revealed common activation in the left intraparietal sulcus/inferior parietal lobule, left superior parietal lobule, and pre‐supplementary motor area. Based on our findings, we propose a unified neuroanatomical model of mental switching engaged across all three types of tasks.
Dvoeglazova M., Visual Cognition 2026 P. 1–16
Rectangularity can be an a priori constraint for the visual system to recover a 3D shape from a 2D image. Two psychophysical experiments (n = 16 each) were conducted to test whether observers are biased to perceive trihedral corners as rectangular and whether this bias is perceptual rather than a response bias. The results of ...
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М.: Институт консультативной психологии и консалтинга (ФПК-Институт), 2024.
The sixth volume of this year book on client-centered psychotherapy and person-centered approach, published by PCA Russia and the institute of counselling psychology and consulting (FPC institute) gathers the translations of Carl Rogers’ articles and his followers from Russia. They observe the peculiarities of client-centered psychotherapy and person-centered approach. The key components of Rogers’ triad ...
Added: July 6, 2026
Volkova N., Кочетков Н. В., Чикер В. А., Психологическая наука и образование 2026 Т. 31 № 3 С. 35–49
Context and relevance. Artificial intelligence is a technology with the potential to fundamentally transform all spheres of human life. Its rapid integration into everyday reality intensifies research dedicated to the psychology of using neural networks. However, the development of empirical research in the Russian scientific field is limited by the lack of validated psychodiagnostic tools that ...
Added: July 5, 2026
Хилинская О. С., Leykina A., Журнал клинического и прикладного психоанализа 2026 Т. VII № 2 С. 104–121
Questions of the interrelation of manifestations played out on the psychic stage and at the level of
the body have been the object of research in both psychiatry and psychoanalytic psychopathology
for a long time, since the time of Hippocrates. With the advent of psychoanalysis, a revolution took
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eld of psychosomatics, Freud brought something that would ...
Added: July 4, 2026
Imbault C., Slioussar N., Ivanenko A. et al., The Mental Lexicon 2026 P. 1–23
The study examines emotional responses to words representing a wide range of psychological valence and focuses on gender-related differences. We aimed to find out whether men and women differ in their emotional responses, and whether they can take the perspective of another gender. We used the slider paradigm (Warriner et al., 2017): participants saw a humanoid ...
Added: July 2, 2026
Shilmanskaya A., Leontiev D., Культурно-историческая психология 2026 Т. 22 № 2 С. 86–97
Context and relevance. The issue of personality changes has become a significant trend in personality research over the past decade. Traditional approaches to assessing the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic work are based on comparing measurement results before and after intervention. Objective. To test the visual “Trajectory” method for assessing the perceived trajectory of individual development and to verify its ...
Added: July 1, 2026
Васильчук М. С., Шаньков Ф. М., Chumakova M. et al., Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics 2021 Vol. 18 No. 2 P. 247–258
The 2019 Coronavirus disease outbreak leads to negative psychological outcomes not only for healthcare workers and patients, but also for the general public. S. Hobfoll’s Conservation of Resources theory is one of the most applicable models for conceptualizing and evaluating natural and social catastrophes and their impact. A web-based screening has been conducted at the ...
Added: June 30, 2026
Luzhnova K., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2025 Vol. 19 No. 107 P. 1–18
This systematic review aims to synthesize and analyze current research on the characteristics of category learning in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) within the framework of the COVIS model, which posits competition between explicit (verbal) and implicit (nonverbal) categorization systems. The review includes 40 empirical studies published between 1981 and 2025, selected according to ...
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Antonova N., Федулова Е. В., Психологические исследования: электронный научный журнал 2026 Т. 19 № 107 С.
The aim of this article is to analyze the theoretical and methodological foundations of cognitive-behavioral coaching and to identify prospects for its further development and research. The article examines the historical prerequisites for the emergence of cognitive-behavioral coaching as a helping practice. The distinctions between cognitive-behavioral coaching (CBC) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) are analyzed. The ...
Added: June 29, 2026
Sautkina E., Bonnefoy B., Osin E., Journal of Environmental Psychology 2026 Vol. 113 No. August 2026 Article 103124
Several theories suggest that individual differences in the notion of the self are associated with relationship to nature and pro-environmental behavior. However, the diversity of existing theories makes it difficult to test this hypothesis in a comprehensive way. We combined a wide range of relevant constructs to explore whether self-centeredness (operationalized as a combination of ...
Added: June 29, 2026
Khudyakova M., Udalova D., Dragoy O., , in: Язык как он есть: Сб. ст. к 60-летию Андрея Александровича Кибрика.: Буки Веди, 2023. P. 234–239.
Наша статья — о языке как живой функции: о последствиях языковых
контактов, о реальном использовании языка человеком, о том, что языковая
категория может вести себя по-разному в учебнике по грамматике и в речи
носителя, — о всем том, о чем мы в свое время только начинали догадываться во время лекций Андрея Александровича на ОТиПЛе. ...
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Chebotareva E., Гончарова М. Э., Дубинина Т. С., М.: Российский университет дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы, 2024.
В сборнике представлены материалы Международной научно-практической конференции, посвящённой 85-летию доктора психологических наук, профессора, заслуженного работника высшей школы РФ, заслуженного профессора РУДН им. Патриса Лумумбы Александра Ивановича Крупнова, которая состоялась 26 апреля 2024 г. на кафедре психологии и педагогики филологического факультета Российского университета дружбы народов им. Патриса Лумумбы. В работе конференции приняли участие более 500 ученых ...
Added: June 26, 2026
Chebotareva E., Routledge, 2025.
The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health presents critical, theoretical, empirical, and psychological accounts of intercultural intimacies.
It challenges pervasive Eurocentric discourse and ideas and offers current, scholarly, practical, equitable, global, and intercultural responsive philosophies, theories, clinical frameworks, and practices. The chapters in this text offer critical perspectives on the mental ...
Added: June 25, 2026
Chebotareva E., Hill C. T., Springer, 2025.
The second revised and expanded edition of this successful handbook extensively explores the idea and practice of love from diverse cultural, psychological, and biological perspectives. It provides a comprehensive understanding of love by examining its various manifestations, cultural interpretations, and the underlying psychological and biological mechanisms that shape it. Notably, the book won the William ...
Added: June 25, 2026
Zamkovaya M., В кн.: Образовательное пространство в информационную эпоху: сборник научных трудов международной научно-практической конференции (2024 International conference «Education Environment for the Information Age» (EEIA– 2024)).: М.: ФГБУ «Российская академия образования», 2024. С. 648–651.
The article highlights the positive aspects of bilingualism and bilingual education in general, and describes the experience of introducing bilingual education in schools of the Republic of Serbia. The importance of bilingual education as a means of forming a multicultural and tolerant society is emphasized. A number of schools implementing educational programs with a bilingual ...
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Zamkovaya M., ЦИТИСЭ 2026 № 1(47) 2026 С. 463–472
The article examines bilingual education as a complex pedagogical phenomenon that affects not only students’ language training but also their cognitive, academic, and sociocultural development. Particular attention is paid to clarifying the essence of the content of the concept of “bilingualism” in the context of the modern educational process, as well as to the analysis of the positive effects ...
Added: March 14, 2026
Karliukova A., Malyshevskaya A., Shtyrov Y. et al., , in: Abstracts and authors of the 9th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Segmentation and Binding in Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2024)Vol. 25: Segmentation and Binding in Spatial Cognition (ICSC 2024).: Springer, 2024.
Existing research indicates involvement of brain systems underpinning spatial abilities in processing emotive semantics in L1: positive emotions are associated with the right part of space, negative ones with the left. Some suggest similar sensorimotor activations in L1 and L2. Others indicate attenuated processing of L2 emotional words. Aims: We investigated differences in sensorimotor biases ...
Added: February 21, 2026
Zhanna Chuikova, Izmalkova A., Myachykov A. et al., Psychological Research 2026 Vol. 90 Article 19
Cognitive flexibility (CF) allows individuals to adapt their behavior to changing environmental demands. As task complexity increases, CF may substantially impact performance by facilitating a shift towards more efficient information processing strategies. However, its role in tasks with high cognitive demands remains largely unexplored. Furthermore, while CF is associated with inhibitory control and working memory ...
Added: January 13, 2026
Gallo F., Voits T., Rothman J. et al., eNeuro 2025 Vol. 12 No. 6 Article ENEURO.0128-25.2025
Models of experience-dependent neuroplasticity predict that the acquisition and extensive use of a new skill trigger a nonlinear trajectory of neurostructural modifications, where initial expansion of relevant brain areas subsequently (once the skill is acquired) gives way to volumetric renormalization. Such predictions also apply in the domain of language during learning and/or simultaneous management of ...
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Federico Gallo, Jubin Abutalebi, Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2024 Vol. 27 No. 2 P. 287–294
The umbrella term cognitive reserve-enhancing factors refers to those experiential and lifestyle factors (such as intellectual activities, regular physical exercise, healthy nutrition, educational attainment, etc.) that may help individuals to compensate for age-related neural deterioration, thus enabling them to maintain relatively stable cognitive functioning during senescence. In the last 10 years, mounting evidence has shown ...
Added: December 12, 2025
Terekhina L., Gallo F., Myachykov A. et al., Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 2025 P. 1–11
We investigated the interactive effects of bilingualism and sleep on executive functioning at the behavioral level. We conducted two experiments using two independent samples of bilingual young adults, the Flanker task to assess executive performance, the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index to measure retrospective sleep quality over a one-month period and the Insomnia Severity Index to ...
Added: December 11, 2025
Yakovleva A., Kosheliuk N., Moroz G., International Journal of Bilingualism 2025 P. 1–19
Aims and Research Questions: In this paper, we present a corpus-based study of preposition drop (p-drop) in the speech of Mari-Russian and Beserman-Russian bilinguals compared to the speech of Russian monolinguals. Based on data from spoken corpora, we demonstrate that the prepositions v ‘in’, k ‘to’, s ‘with’ are omitted in the speech of bilinguals ...
Added: November 26, 2025
Корженевская А. Ю., Гумова Н. Д., Ханова А. Ф. et al., Вестник Томского государственного университета 2025 № 512 С. 22–28
Research addressing the imbalance between aural and written modalities has suggested that consistent language practice involving reading and writing activities enhances lexical access through that specific modality. In individuals with well-developed reading skills, word meaning is accessed through the parallel activation of orthographic and phonological lexicons. Conversely, in individuals with poor reading skills, the orthographic ...
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Khachaturyan M., Konoshenko M., Moroz G. et al., , in: N’yng-dyuumgu, n’yng-ngafq: Festschrift for Ekaterina GruzdevaVol. 126.: Helsinki: Studia Orientalia, 2025. P. 35–59.
This paper explores a corpus of spontaneous narratives and narrative retellings told by children and adults in Mano and Kpelle, two contacting Mande languages. It focuses on quotative constructions as a key point of grammatical dissimilarity between Mano and Kpelle. In the Mano speech of some bilingual children, however, these constructions are found to manifest ...
Added: September 5, 2025