Krista Byers‐Heinlein

Are translation equivalents special? Evidence from simulations and empirical data from bilingual infants

2021

The acquisition of translation equivalents is often considered a special component of bilingual children's vocabulary development, as bilinguals have to learn words that share the same meaning across their two languages. This study examined three …

Efficient neural encoding as revealed by bilingualism

2025

The remarkable human capacity for bilingual and multilingual acquisition raises fundamental questions about how the brain develops efficient systems for processing multiple languages. In this study, we used neural network models trained on natural speech …