Lab
Bilingualism and Psycholinguistics Research Group
Education
PhD | Experimental Psychology, Cornell University |
MA | Experimental Psychology, Cornell University |
MA | Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, Emory University |
BA | Psychology, University of Alaska |
Representative Publications
Shook, A., & Marian, V. (2013). The Bilingual Language Interaction Network for Comprehension of Speech. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 304-324. doi:10.1017/S1366728912000466
Marian, V., Bartolotti, J., Chabal, S., & Shook, A. (2012). CLEARPOND: Cross-Linguistic Easy-Access Resource for Phonological and Orthographic Neighborhood Density. PLoS ONE, 7(8): e43230. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043230
Krizman, J., Marian, V., Shook, A., Skoe, E., & Kraus N. (2012). Subcortical encoding of sound is enhanced in bilinguals and relates to executive function advantages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(20), 7877-7881. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1201575109
Bartolotti, J., & Marian, V. (2012). Language learning and control in monolinguals and bilinguals. Cognitive Science, 36(6), 1129-1147. doi:10.1111/j.1551-6709.2012.01243
Blumenfeld, H., & Marian, V. (2011). Bilingualism influences inhibitory control in auditory comprehension. Cognition, 118, 245-257.
Bartolotti, J., Marian, V., Schroeder, S., & Shook, A. (2011). Bilingualism and inhibitory control influence statistical learning of novel word forms. Frontiers in Cognition, 2, 324, 1-9.
Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2009). The bilingual advantage in novel word learning. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 16 (4), 705-710.
Kaushanskaya, M., & Marian, V. (2009). Bilingualism reduces native-language interference during novel word learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 35 (3), 829-835.
Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2007). Language context guides memory content. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 14, 5, 925-933.
Marian, V., & Kaushanskaya, M. (2004). Self-construal and emotion in bicultural bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 51, 2, 190-201.
Marian, V., Spivey, M., & Hirsch, J. (2003). Shared and separate systems in bilingual language processing: Converging evidence from eyetracking and brain imaging. Brain and Language, 86, 1, 70-82.
Marian, V., & Neisser, U. (2000). Language-dependent recall of autobiographical memories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 129, 361-368.
Spivey, M., & Marian, V. (1999). Crosstalk between native and second languages: Partial activation of an irrelevant lexicon. Psychological Science, 10, 3, 281-284.
Recent Awards and Honors
2015 | University of Alaska Anchorage Alumni of Achievement Award |
2008 | Clarence Simon Award for Teaching and Mentoring |
2006-2007 | Outstanding Faculty of the Year, Northwestern Associated Student Government |
2005 | Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, Otto Klineberg Intercultural & International Relations Honorable Mention |
1999-2000 | National Research Service Award, National Institute of Health |
Recent Grants and Funding
2010-2015 | Cognitive Architecture of Bilingual Language Processing. National Institute of Health, NICHD RO1 HD059858, P.I. |
2006-2009 | Linguistic and Cognitive Mechanisms in Foreign Vocabulary Acquisition. National Science Foundation, BCS-0414145. P.I. |
2005-2008 | Memory and Language in Bilinguals. National Institute of Health, NICHD 1R03HD046952-01A1. P.I. |
2004-2007 | Bilingual Language Processing: Parallel Activation during Written and Spoken Word Recognition. National Science Foundation, NSF BCS-0418495. P.I. |
Courses
CSD 309 | Culture, Language, and Learning |
CSD 545 | Research Methods |
CSD 550 | Research Procedures in CSD |
CSD 551 | Topics in CSD: Bilingualism |