Comments on: Working Memory Differences in Bilinguals’ First and Second Languages /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/ Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Marcel El Kouri /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-15933 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:39:47 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-15933 Amazing work Ashely! As someone who is trilingual, I wonder what my results would look like in the language I’m least confident in…would it be lower than the first two? Probably. Anyways, I love this project!

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By: Marcel El Kouri /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-27999 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:39:47 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-27999 Amazing work Ashely! As someone who is trilingual, I wonder what my results would look like in the language I’m least confident in…would it be lower than the first two? Probably. Anyways, I love this project!

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By: Laura Haley /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-15932 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:38:58 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-15932 Ashely!
This is fascinating! Congrats, you should be proud! Thank you for being such a kind soul, I know you’ll do great things.

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By: Laura Haley /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-27998 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 20:38:58 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-27998 Ashely!
This is fascinating! Congrats, you should be proud! Thank you for being such a kind soul, I know you’ll do great things.

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-15931 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:10:40 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-15931 In reply to Matt Olszewski.

Thank you, Matt! The most difficult part of my methods was creating an online test battery and all the materials for the OSPAN and Reading Span tasks, especially those in Chinese (a language I had no experience or familiarity with). Recruiting enough participants also presented some difficulties along with scoring and cleaning up the data so that analysis could be ran. Despite the many challenges, I learned a lot throughout this project and was proud of the outcomes! Thanks again for engaging with my project!

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-27997 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:10:40 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-27997 In reply to Matt Olszewski.

Thank you, Matt! The most difficult part of my methods was creating an online test battery and all the materials for the OSPAN and Reading Span tasks, especially those in Chinese (a language I had no experience or familiarity with). Recruiting enough participants also presented some difficulties along with scoring and cleaning up the data so that analysis could be ran. Despite the many challenges, I learned a lot throughout this project and was proud of the outcomes! Thanks again for engaging with my project!

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-27996 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:06:09 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-27996 In reply to Tom.

Thank you, tommy! Thank you for all your love and support throughout this process!

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-15930 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:06:09 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-15930 In reply to Tom.

Thank you, tommy! Thank you for all your love and support throughout this process!

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-27995 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:05:36 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-27995 In reply to Zareen Thomas.

Thank you, Professor Thomas! As I did not focus so much on cognition between bilinguals and monolinguals but rather the differences between bilinguals’ languages, it would be interesting to further investigate this to see whether or not individuals who were once bilinguals experienced enhanced cognitive abilities over monolinguals! I have really enjoyed working on this research regarding bilingualism, especially as I have a personal interest in the topic, however, in the future, I see myself engaging more in cognition as it relates to children and individuals with learning and developmental disabilities.

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By: Ashley Boersma /2021/04/10/ashley-boersma/#comment-15929 Fri, 16 Apr 2021 18:05:36 +0000 https://news.wooster.edu/?p=7947#comment-15929 In reply to Zareen Thomas.

Thank you, Professor Thomas! As I did not focus so much on cognition between bilinguals and monolinguals but rather the differences between bilinguals’ languages, it would be interesting to further investigate this to see whether or not individuals who were once bilinguals experienced enhanced cognitive abilities over monolinguals! I have really enjoyed working on this research regarding bilingualism, especially as I have a personal interest in the topic, however, in the future, I see myself engaging more in cognition as it relates to children and individuals with learning and developmental disabilities.

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