INTERFERENȚE NEURO-COGNITIVE ÎN MULTILINGVISM
NEUROCOGNITIVE INTERFERENCES IN MULTILINGUALISM

Summary/Abstract: Multilingualism is a common phenomenon in the contemporary world, since available data indicate that bilingual and multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in general population. In cognitive neuroscience, a comprehensive description of the phenomenon is questionable, because of the large number of individual differences and contextual variables (e.g. the degree of similarities between the languages, age of acquisition, motivation, amount of exposure, learning strategies and learning experiences). This paper revises research data from cognitive neuroscience aiming to offer some possible answers to practical questions regarding multilingualism. These possible answers are organized around two main questions: 1. There is a critical period in second language learning? 2. What are the cognitive and behavioral consequences of bi/multilingualism?. Several "neuromyths" about multilingualism are also discussed.

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